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' ..'VI i TH MLWS-RECORD O AA pr t i . ; .. i.' T ) , .1. MADISON COUNTY RECORD Established Jun 28, 1901. FRENCH BROAD NEWS ' Etab!ished,!My 16, 1907, Coao!ijud NoramW 2. 111 PRICE A TEAK LjJ eieVV" H ,.. ..ilH!l..'lir I' 2 TU PROGRESSIVE ;" I THE NEWS-RECOI BOTH A YEAR "... -.'! IIi'.JH'I'JmTHE'ON THE ONLY. NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN MADISON COUNTY K ; MARSHALL, N. C, TOIDAISEPTEMBER 14, 1928 vol: xxi 1800 .1 TOLL :0F DEATHi ; IN MADISON COUNTY E C E I YE $106,000: 70 Deaths Reported Result jing from Automobile ; 4-:'''Accidnts. J1' ; iRaleiirh,:$ept. 12. A life a day, C O U N T Y receives $100,000 FROM . THE STATE, " FA Y MEN I ON ROAD NOTES jtnd more, fa the toll being token by ;the chairman of the Board of, Cour lautomobiles in North Carolina as ,ty CommlBsionera, received from the phown by the death certificates, filed, state Highway Commission Septem With the State Board of Health. To'ber 12, $100,000, another payment August 1, a total of 270 deaths had on the road notes which the County been reported as resulting from auto- 0f Madison loaned to the State, High mobile accidents. Deaths from this way. Commission for Highway Cou cause are exceeding month by month 8truction in Madison County. those resulting worn uypnoia iever m an tne uounty oi raaaiaon iou- knd diphtheria. And month by montn ,ed the State Highway commission the number grows. $660,000 for Highway Construction "For the next two montns we may m Madison county, in oraer to d expect a heavy increase in automo- able to. Joan the State this money the ilia accident, and resulting deaths", county borrowed the money on its Songs of Hpn Folks T f rr t ' jwunivvm num. . - 1 1 . 1 K fit J i fPU C4-nfA T. Unas. U ii. iiaugningnouse, Dmio several o ye ronu iivmtb. iut tn-auc lth Officer, said todav in discuss- has now paid all this money back ex- ng thiB terrifflc loss of life and prop-; cept about $180,000, and it is ex- ferty. "Some, of course, are unavoid-. pected that within the next year that Able, but the most are due to care- the State will pay back to the Coun fessness or gross negligence. ty the $180,000.0Q, enabling the f "Right now one of the greatest County to take up all of the road Jiazards of the road la the unlighted notes. Under this plan the State, tearts and wagons. All over Eastern when all the money shall thve been North Carolina tobacco growers are 'spent, will have constructed in Madi Jiauling their crops to market, and a' son County highways that will have treat number of them travel at night cost $660,000 that the, County would Tn havo their tnhnoon tabHv not otherwise have had, besides this fto go on the warehouse floor in I large sum f money has been spent v, M.i m.n;n tToVii nno in o I in the County and has made money thousand of the horse drawn vehicles matters mucn easier in I Madison on the roads carries a light. The re- ouniy J" onerwise wouia nave suit will be an increase of collision ?en-The State is now spending the accidents through all the autumn 'astio,uuu oi ine obu,uuu ioanea "The warehouse men of the State f ln,s mnfy D?m Pe"' n rnn in rpnncr n vainanip fiprvicp to i tip : - . . - v ' which was very much needed. The other $125,000 is now being spent )y the State in the re-construction of the road or State Highway from Marshall to Mars Hill. The writer appeared in the suit for the County, the General :,i j j:,ij u tj d-i, j State and to their patrons by urging upon each of their customers the ne cessity of carrying a light on their carts and wagons for their own pro tection, and to save their products from heing ruined m a wreck. "lie last session of My path led up the hill and past The neighbor ' house, and then Slipped through deep and leafy wood To find the road again; It climbed a friendly little knoll, Dropped down, to coss a cool Grass-tufted stream, and then It found A one-room country school. Wit, schoolboy, wait! I'll show you when The hoot-owl had his nest Anttvhtrtlsawatimbttsmlf And when wild gropes grew best. I'll show you when the rabbits hid, Where wild striwberries grew, And ah, he's gone, just running free The way I sued to do! . Oh, schoolboys of the yesteryears, Come, walk a way with me. The happy paths are plowed away But maybe we shall see The johnny-jump-upt underneath ' Some tree whera schoolboys play Today as haply as we played In our own schoolboy day! ftSlVSa Werfirn NeW8pij.tr Union, 1928 ssemo.y enacrea leguiauon i reqmr- , f avor of the Count and the gtate '"K, an v"'cle Perala,"lne which.' gave to Spring Creek road the public roads between a half hour $50lo)8 above mentioned and the ner sunset anu a nan nour oeiore l $126,000 to the Mars Hill Road and sunrise must display a iigni on tne $50,000 on the road from Marshall ieit siae or tne venicie viaiDie to tnose t- w.ln.ik Ion.. .Th.....t1.tw .tnt rear. a penalty .of flne not t 6x ".. law has been in effect for more, inan J of. the' greatest permanent improve la yearut I have never heard Wny Itrrenta-foi" he County, - Besides. ih person being prosecuted because of building of the road, they will be its violation, t do know Irom personal perpetually maintained by the State. experience that practically no horse Experience shows that; the State- drawn vehicle has any light upon it. maintained roads are about the only Hintireiy trom the standpoint of aoans we have in the County that are conserving the lives of our reonle I worth the name. Mr. J. G. Stikc- urge that this gross carelesness and leather, Highway Commissioners, re- negngence be stopped. The man on cently informed the writer that as the road at nieht with an unlicrhted soon as he has the mileage for Mad- vehicle, endangers not only his owniison County he will take over the life but that of all others traveling ' road to be maintained by the State the same road. Bv. carrvine liehts'from Marshall to the Forks of Sandy MARS HILL BEGINS 71ST SCHOOL YEAR DR. R. J. BATEMAN SPEAKER AT OPENING EXERCISES , Mara Hill formally entered unon its Wmf-VWVymXt Work today with tne awiul toll of death from auto mobile accidents can be reduced." APPRECIATES CONTRIBU TIONS TO NEWS-RECORD Mush. JOHN A. HENDRICKS. WHY DO IT? Dear Editors,' let me send a few words of appreciation for the contri bution sent in by Geneva King. It sure was a good piece, and did me some good indeed. The ScrToture nuotationii were wpll nplonforl novino 1 to do with the beginning of the Chris tian life or wisdom the fear of the Lord ; the exercise of grown Christian The News-Record: I desire to . make an inquiry through your paper in behalf of the voters of the Marshall 1st Ward, No. 1 Township. I see from a posted notice that the election board for the county has changed the place of voting for the people-of this ward from the Court L i i 1 1 manhoodlaying up treasures in j e w?ere " has neretolore been Heaven: and the end of life, receiv- Hd. to the school house in the Is- ing reward according to the way we ,alidV .. , . , ... m have treated our brethren. Notice I " 18 the duty of all public officers He says the least of them. How lit- ' transact all public business for tie do we realize if we turn some one the best interest of all the people down' coldly or refuse aid that we concerned. But I cannot see, in this are treating our Lord sol But so it fa8e whJ w,u ?e to the best in often is. Some have entertained terest of the people of this ward" to angels unawares. I also wish to say . remove the voting place to said a word of appreciation for the poem, rc?v houB! in the Island. "If Al Is Elected," by Bonnie Ens- . The,ou """ft 18 Jfry conven ley. I sure enjoyed reading it It?nt J? Tihih t kold ,e elec tickled me way down. tion, in fact, it is the most conveni- WELZIE 0 RAY place for the people of this ward, y' ,and 90 far as I have .heard no one . " i has ever raised anv objection, v- ' To hold the election in the public school house; in the Island will re- ?uire the suspension of the . school or a day, and -will cost the county many dollars in loss .of time for the teachers, and will be a loss, of time for the school children,' and so far as I can see,- there could be no good purpose served in removing the vot ing . place to the said school house. , -., .-.i. Respectfully, fci?V U C: B. MASH BURN. DONT CUT TOBAC CO GREEN Warning That Farmers May Lo By Cutting .Tobacco Too Early By reading Jhe . letter -which ap pears in the advertisement of the Bank of French Broad this week, you will find quite a warning to growers . of tobacco. If you are interested in the growing of, tobacco, be sure to read it and profit by the warning. ;" ATTENTION, l: PARENTS! - If sou have any school books that have been used in the last five years, I except English and Science, that your children are through with, they will be of use to other children if you will send them to the school library. They will be stamped and kept for the purpose of lending to' children who feel that they cannot buy the necessary v books. Please r look' in .your homes and send any books that you have end help some other ehil- dren. ... - -..- - MARSHALL RTA. -"MEETS MRS. S. B. ROBERTS ELECTED PRESIDENT ' An interesting session of the Mar shall Parent-Teacher Association was held, at the school building last Mon day afternoon. It is customary to change presidents : every, year ' and Mrs. a. a. Koberts was unanimously elected president for the- coming ses sion succeeding, Mrs. W. A. Sams. Mrs. Wade Redmon was elected vice president and Prof." W. A. West. Jr.. was elected secretary, Mrs. Clarence M. Gage was re-eTeeted treasurer. : Michigan State College,' founded in 1857, .is the old?t' effricultnral coue.e ta tae country. - villef and member of vthe board of .tttisteesrf-the college; made the o pening address. While class work was begun last Thursday, the first three days of the week have been devoted to registra tion, to orientation work among new students. Effort has been made in the orientation courses to give to those entering college for the first time such instruction in every line as will help them to adiust them selves to the institution and to col lege life generally. This instruction which will be continued in the form of daily lectures by visiting speak ers and members of the faculty, has included acquaintance with the col lege traditions and the organizations of the campus; instruction in the use of the library, and on how to studv. physical examinations and placement tests. Because of the registration not be ing completed, the number enrolled has not been ascertained. Announce ment has been made, however, that the college has a capacity enrollment, with the largest number of college students ever enrolled. Indications are that the registrations will ap proach 600 by the last of the week. . Dr. Bateman's Address In his address Dr. Bateman re counted briefly the contribution of Mars Hill to the junior college move ment, complimenting the college par ticularly ior tne standard which it has set for junior college work. 'He then addressed the students and visi tors who filled the auditorium for the first chapel period of the year, on the theme of life's challenges and how to approach them. Dr. Bateman appealed for the ex ercise of courage and condemned de ceit, timidity and fear as forms of weakness. Fear,, he said, was the greatest deterent in the world. He then turned his discurse to the facts, reactions, and remedy for fear. One self and God are the principal fac tors in one's success, he. concluded, anu recommended raurs statement, "I can do all things throurh Christ who-strengthened me."' Home Demonstration Agent Sick ' Miss Nancy Beyer, who has been employed as home demonstration o gent for Madison County, and who was -expected to arrive and assume her duties . in that Office about the 17th of September, has written that she is sick, and at the time of this writing, it is not known when she can arrive. v'",! ?; REV; A. I. JUSTICE IN MARSHALL The people of Marshall enjoyed a rare treat at the BaDtist church last Sunday morning when Rev, A. i. L Justice, a former pastor, preached. Before taking , his . text, he related many interesting incidents that hap pened 50 years ago and more. He was baptized just sixty years ago and has lived s most exemplary, life. i. s sermon on the race of life was a treat. DR. HUTCHINS WRITES DR. ; HUTCHINS WANTS T H VOTERS TO KNOW THE 1- TRUTH It is being circulated among the voters of Madison County that if I go tcS&telgh'te repreaeut:th people. that I will do certain things, one or which is to pass a law prohibiting the sale of medicines, now being sold in country : stores. "This is old stuff, pulled at election .time to influence voters." I have not thought of sudi a thing, and positively would not at tempt to pass such a law. There are number of sell-employed "tattlers out at work already who seem to know of my plai;s to do certain things. I can't understand where they get such news, as I positively haven't made any premises, and don't intend to, except to do the very best I can for my County and people that I represent. There is no MAN or set of MEN who can influence me to pass any law except that I feel it is to the best in terest of my people that I represent. I realize that if I am elected, it will be a sacrifice for me to leave my of fice and go to Raleigh, but it is nec essary for someone to go and if I go I feel that there are some things that ,can be done that will be worth while .to the citizens of Madison County. In asking to represent the people I positively have no laws that I want to pass of a personal nature. I feel ,that the people should have a fair and square deal, with equal rights to all, and special privileges to none. Respectfully yours to serve, J. H. HUTCHINS. 1M1L ISSUE" COLLAPSES UNDER. ''fwinemiHforced to Acknowl edge falsity of Vice and Liquor Charges. "VH-$UGGEsfiOMSw REFUTED BY RECORD Nominee Oeclares-Attack Was uPobably inspired" by Re publican National Committee. i ALBANY, N. Y. The furtively whispered and fanatically declaimed "moral Issue," Injected openly into the Presidential campaign by William Allen White, Emporia (Kans.) editor, Is today as dead as the dodo. . 'WJtft one masterly stroke, the force fill,, fearless statement of a man un justly ,;assalled, Qoyernor Alfred E. Smith has revealed clearly the unfair ness and.1 Irresponsibility of those an tagonists . who . were so unwise as to attack his -personal record. Replying to the charges made by the Kansas editor, the Governor de fended and Justified, bill by bill, his long record as a member of the New York State Assembly. Vile Suggestions Asserting that the "vile sugges tions" -tlf Ms' accuser were "probably Inspired" by the Republican National Committee, the Governor said: "I am glad to have this matter taken out of the whispering stage and put Into the open. Once and for all I shall meet' it now." And meet it he did. The "slanderous statement" that he had 'aided1 prostitution, he showed, was based upon his vote in opposition to a single bill; and he disclosed that he had opposed that bill merely be cause it was "unquestionably uncon stitutional and unworkable." "Ori-thls bill, and bn this single Mil alone," Governor Smith eald. "Wil- f Bam AUan,Wh'tte woulhai:wir REPLY TO ALLEN WHITE SENATOR ROBINSON WILL TOUR SOUTH NEW YORK. Senator Joe T. Robinson of Arkansas, the Demo cratic nominee for Vice President, wilt make a tour of the south, de livering fourteen speeches from September 4 to September 21, in clusive, it was announced at Demo cratic National Headquarters. The Itinerary follows: Sept 4, Cisco, Texas.; Sept 6, Nashville, Tenn.; Sept. 7., Chatta nooga, Tenn.; Sept. 8, KnoxvlUe, Tenn.; Sept. 10, Richmond, Va.; Sept. 11, Raloish, N. C; Sept. 12, Charlotte, N. C; Sept. 13, Colum bia, S. C; Sept. 14, Jacksonville, Fla.; Sept. 17, Miami, Fla.; Sept 18. Atlanta. Ga.: Sent. 19. BowUns Green, Ky.; Sept. 20, Louisville, Ky.; Sept. 21, Henderson, Ky. SMITH LAUDED BY ' SOUTHERN SENATOR George of Georgia Says South Respects Candidate's "Complete Integrity." MISSING WOMAN RETURNS SEARCH FOR MRS. WALDROUP IS ENDED Mrs. Ada Waldroup, who with two small children had been reported missing, and rewards authorized for her arrest, returned quietly to her home near Black Mountain late Fri day. The woman is said to have ex plained that she had been visiting relatives near Marshall, and to have expressed surprise that her absence should have been coupled with the disappearance of William May, for whom the Sheriff 's . Department was csked to institute a country-wide search on the charge of abducting Mr?. Waldroup. No . information is 4-ud to have been received of May's whereabouts, and his family has left their home in Black Mountain. ' Both May and the husband of Mrs. Waldroup were employed by the Di mension . Manufacturing : Company near Black Mountain, and the fam-' ilies lived in a settlement near the plant, r.-r" : . . REVIVAL Next Sunday morning at eleven o' clock, September ,16th, s revival meeting is to start At the Free Will Baptist Church in Marshall, the meet ing to be conducted by Rev. C. Y. Elkins, assisted by Kev. Mr. Dock- ery, m Missionary Baptist minister. Everybody is invited to attend, all other churches being cordially invited. my children and my friends believe that in my long career I was a friend of public prostitution." Proving that the Kansan was en tirely ignorant of the background of various bills ,he cited to support his charges, Governor Smith pointed out that both Republicans and Demo crats had voted overwhelmingly with him. On one of the bills for which he was ' criticized, he revealed, the Assembly had voted unanimously. Bills Duplicated The ExeCullve disclosed also his ac cuser's appafent guile in duplicating bills, in a "deliberate attempt" to show that his votes "dealt with a far greater number of so-called liquor bills than in fact they did." One group of bills cited by White, referring to the establishment of premises licensed to sell liquor with In 200 feet of a church or school, had been passed, it was shown, tor the purpose of remedying a mistake in the v language of the law, in accord ance with a recommendation of the Court of Appeals. Reviewing the history of the accu sations, which he characterized as cowardly. Governor Smith pointed out that White had issued a retraction of theycbMsed, dealing with gambling an prostitution. He continued: "The appearance of the Republican National Committee in the contro versy indicates that it was a political attack probably inspired by that committee-,'-, because the Republican Na tional Committee this week issued an official release to the newspapers In which Mr. White retracts his re traction. ..... , Not Fair Play !''Lackhig: the courage to stand by its owttc.omplicity in the attack, the Republican director of publicity the .next day states that he withdraws his issuance' of Mr. White's withdrawal of his withdrawal." The Governor added: . "No one in all the 25 years of my nnhlV-'Uta" has ever dared to make the vile suggestions which emanated from Mr. White, with the approval of Henry, J: Allen, Publicity Director of the Republican National Committee. What 'a cowardly course the Repub lican ' National Committee pursued! It Issued a slanderous statement -through: Its official publicity bureau and Mien, after its general publication -la the press, attempted to evade re- ' spohiibllity by the childish claim that lr had 'teen given out by accident. , That Is' sot fikfr play." v v.v'1-''vy-J. . V,i ' . 'i'yiy New. Hospital Architect g VwU Marshall i't?'?'l4.W'ty;- ' :.v.,- MrtBreeaer, architect of Asheville, was in. Marshall Wednesday with complete, plans for. the proposed County -hospital.' Yancey County has already, voted- its part for a county hospital and -plans for the . building have been accepted. It is hoped that Madison, County will soon make ' a similar move. : ' ' i ALBANY, N. Y. Declaring that Democrats everywhere are bound to 'recognize the "honesty and complete mental integrity" of the man who heads their party, Senator Walter F. ; George, of Georgia, after his first visit , to Governor Smith, predicted that the South would join the East in casting ' its electoral votes for Governor Smith. Senator George said: "I think the Integrity of Governor . Smith's mental . processes and his straightforwardness candor and frank I ustaianyifflt j& jha isauaj)e,rwlshes to ' maXe-tg-4h ontK, will iHy sfr. peal to the voters of the East and the South. "I think that when the people have thought the matter over they are like ly to respond, and will respond, to the open-mlndedness and honesty of Governor Smith. On any public ques tion the Governor will state his own position. He doesn't want to deceive himself or anybody else. My recent discussion with him has convinced me that he has a marvelous grasp of the country's problems. I regard him as one of the outstanding Democrats of all time." "HATES HYPOCRISY" 8o Famous Philanthropist, Life-long Republican, Will Vote for Smith. August Heckscher, noted philanthrc pist and a life-long Republican, has announced that he will support Gov ernor Smith rather than Hoover, be cause he "hates hypocrisy." Mr. Heckscher was 80 years old last Sunday. He has voted the Republican ticket in every election for 60 years he said, except when he cast his bal lot for Cleveland. MRS. MARSHALL HEAD3 WOMEN'S SMITH CLUB LOS ANGELES. Mrs. Thomas R. Marshall, widow of Vice President Marshall, has been named as chair man of the Women's Smith Club of Southern California. Miss Mary For, well-known Democratic woman leader a this section, is vice chalrmaa. TOWN TAX RATE MUST BE INCREASED We understand from good' authori ty that if all the taxes levied in the T-nn. f i... n . i, ., j could be collected, there would not be a sufficient amount to take care of 'running expenses and pay off bonds as they mature. A statement along his line may be published soon by the board of aldermen. It is well enough for our people to begin to jthink along this line before they see ithe statement, i Frisby Case Continued; To November Term We have it from one of our Mar shall attorneys that the Frisby case, partly tried at our last court and continued on account of a mistrial, will not come up at the criminal tenn set for September 24, but will be continued to the November term. The Coward case and the Price case, both murder cases, take first place on the calendar at the next term, Sept. 24. Quite a number of other criminal cases will be on the docket, and for this reason the Frisby case will be continued. . .... iiV : i . , V,