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MADISON COUNTY RECORD W
RctahllaheH Jnna 28. 1901. '
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FRENCH BROAD NEWS
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TUF nNl.Y NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED-IN MADISON COUNTY
MARSHALL, N. C, FRIDA OCTOBER 12, 1928
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mL MADISON COUNTY S An
ACCEPT; GIFT OF $40,000
Will The County Of Madison
Accept At A Gift $40,000
From The James B. Duke
Estate For The Erection
Of A Public County
Hospital?
James B. Duke was a native North
Carolinian and accumulated the
greatest fortune of any man whom
the State of North Carolina has pro
duced. He provided in his will a
gift to Duke University at Durham,
North Carolina of forty million or
fifty million dollars. He endowed
many other smaller colleges and
schools. He provided atund to take
care of the ofd and wontput preach
u anArt a larsrefamount of
money for the purpose .of erecting
and maintaining hospitals in the dif
ferent counties of the; State intended
...ooioiiv tn take care of i people in
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their afflictions and to cure them oi
disease who are not ablete help
tLnuUi I- b i authoritatively
-stated that the Duke estate will give
Madison County 140,000 for the pur
pose of erecting a hospital in Madi
son County and after the hospital is
Kniit and nut in operation he Duke
o-tofo mill heln maintain it, but in
border to obtain this great gift for the
Kon.fit ct the sick and diseased peo
pie of Madison County and for the
konoAt ttanociallv of those who are
f finnnpinllv able to help them-
iivv --w- -
i., it ia necessary according to
the terms of the will, either for the
County or some individual or individ
uals to meet the Duke estate half
way and to duplicate or put up as
much money as the Duke estate pro
poses to give the County for this pur
pose. The only practical way to do
it ir for the County to accept 'the
$40,000 above mentioned and bond
the County for a like amount. The
Constitution and the laws of the
State provide that the only way
bonds may be issued and sold for
this purpose is by a majority of the
qualified voters of the County. The
Legislature of the State has no pow
er to pass a law authorizing the is
suing of the bonds without a vote
of the people as above stated and
the law is already in force authoriz-
, ing the people of the county to vote
on the proposition for the County
to issue and sell the bonds in the
same amount that the Duke estate
will put up and give the County.
Bonds of this class come under the
rnQtitiitinn of the State and there
i9 nn nossible way of issuing and sell
ing the bonds under the Constitution
without a vote of the people. In or
der to call an election the law pro
vides that a petition signed by two
hundred resident free holders of the
County and one hundred and fifty o
the signers of the petition must re-
.11 roles and regulations for their
own guidance and for the govern
ment of the hospital.
The Board of Trustees shall have
power to appoint a suitable Superin
tendent or matron and they shall
meet and hold meetings at least once
each month and shall keep a complete
record of all the proceedings. One
of the trustees shall visit .Mia exam
ine the hospital at least twice each
month. Every hospital estaousneu
thin law shall betfor the bene
fit of the inhabitants of the County,
and of any person falling sicK or te-
ing Injured or maimed witnin us
limits its limits. Every person who
Is not a pauper shall pay sucn iees
as the uoara oi irusmo in
scribe by resolution.
t h e' Consolidated Statutes of
North Carolina set out very fully all
the details in regard to establishing
and maintaining a County hospital.
James B. Duke, the man who maae
it possible for Madison County to
get this great gift-of $20,000, be
sides a fund to assist in maintaining
the hospital was of humble..' origin,
reared in Orange County, worm
roi-ftllTUl ana made his vast fortune
vynAV"?) .
by his own energy and intellect and
possessed the greatest spirit 01 pni
lanthrnnv and sympathy for the
needy and helpless, the sick ana
afflicted of any man in the history of
Nhrtn Carolina. There is no graft
in this proposition to anyone. It is
purely a benevolent proposition and
the question presented to the peopie
of Madison County will they accept
this BDlendid gift from the estate of
3his great and good man7
Respectfully,
JOHN A. HENDRICKS.
S. Under the Constitution and
Laws of North Carolina the Leg
e -ialature cannot authorise and
empower the Board of County
Commissioners to issue and sell
hospital bonds without a major
ity of the qualified voters of
the County. J. A. H.
MADISON NEWS
SPOTLIGHT
By GLENN W. NAVES
MRS. WHITE APPOINTS
CHAIRWOMEN
Mrs. Annie May White, Madison
County Chairwoman of the National
Wnmen's Committee for Hoover, has
announced the appointment of the
following women as co-chairwomen
in the twenty-four voting precincts
of the County:
Mrs. E. R. Tweed, Mrs. J. L..
Hutchins, Mrs. Olin Jarrett, Mrs.
Fred R. Wilde, Mrs. M. H. Tweed,
Mrs. Otis Chandley, Mrs. James Wal-
4in, Mrs. J. C. Tilson, Mrs. O. b. d-
mnnila. Mrs. Tillman Metcalf, Mrs.
Levi Buckner, Mrs. Luther Chandler,
Mr M. D. Worley. Miss Mary Morris
Mr. Willie V. Plemmons, Mrs. J can
Hiniu. Misa Carrie Lunsford, Mrs.
"rr'i -
Ode Plemmons. Mrs. rannie .
!..!. Mra. Joe Lawson, Misses
Sue Lance. Mrs. Jonn
Riee. Mrs. J. R. Leake, Mrs. t.. x.
Rrn Mrs. Claude J. Wilde, Mrs. A
L, Buckner, Mrs. J. C. Rhineharat,
Mi. T. A. Moore, Mrs. S. J. reane,
a t. rinnt.es. Miss Ida Liee
Hutchins, Mrs. C. W. Cody and Mrs.
Miller Wilde.
Mrs. White was recently appointed
County Chairwoman, by Mrs." Charles
A. Jonas, of Lincomton, N. x-, win
District Chairwoman of the Organi
zation, whose husband, Charles A. Jo
nas, well-known Lincolnton attorney,
is candidate for Congress on the Re
publican ticket, in the 9th Con
gressional District. Mrs. Thomas S.
Rollins, of Asheville, is State Chair
woman.
Songs of Plain Folks
James JhvisHaijS
he Ocean
The ocean's a fereat mother;
Un rhIMrsn are the waves.
'She sings to them and rocks them
And everyone behaves.
But, nights, I hear them run
And play horse on the beach,
And gallop up and down
Their mother out of reach.
Sometimes I hear her slap them
It makes an awtul spiasn
Oh, if I were a baby wave
I wouldn't be so rash.
One night, I sneaked and looked out;
The waves were in our sanus,
Running like we children play,
And crawling on their hands.
They were laughing at the sea
Waving caps with foamy tassels;
; i They went right up to my sand nlh
And knocked oown an tne cmuwi
WELCOME, FALL!
A TINGE of cold in the air, over
cast skies, falling leaves, top
coats and felt hats announce that
Fall is here. Vacations are over, the
fishing rod has been carefully put a-
way, and one attacks with renewed
zest the accumulated work.
The season also offers many sports
for those who have the time to parti
cipate in them. Football fans may
again plead with hoarse shouts for
their team to "Hold 'em!" "Hold
'em!" as the pigskin is carried to
their three-yard line. Huntsmen
take an added interest in their dogs
and clean up the old gun in expecta
tion of the time when they can tramp
the fields and hills in quest of quail,
wait patiently in blinds for the whor
of ducks' wings, or listen to the bay
ing of the hounds and silently pray
that fortune will bring the dee in
range.
Thus man lives on, eating, sleep
ing, working, playing, and hardly
pausing for thought or thanks to the
Great Architect of the Universe who
has so arranged the seasons that each
differs in practically every respect.
The scheme provides a variety 01
temperatures, numerous and differ
ent activities, all of which add to the
interst of life and break the monot
ony of time.
Then welcome, Fall, for you are
the announcer of winter, which is
the forerunner of spring, the prede
cessor of summer. H.
SUNDAY SCHOOL
CONVENTIONS
FOUR TOWNSHIP MEETS TO BE
HELD
The Township Sunday School Con
ventions will be held on Spring Creek
next Sunday, one in the morning at
the Sunday School hour at the Spring
fireelt Bantist church, and the other
tat the Meadow Fork Baptist church
at two-thirty in the afternoon.
Knndav. October 21, two other
Township Conventions will be held,
one at the Foster's Creek Baptist
ehurch in the morning, at the Sun
day School hour, and the other at
the Faust Methodist church, Faust, at
tne signers ui , .
side out of the Town where the hos-1 two-thirty m the afternoon.
The LOnvenuons tue vciug ayu
sored by the Madison County and
North Carolina Sunday School Asso
ciations, Mr. A. W. Whitehurst, pres
ident of the former organization, has
announced.
MISSIONARY SOCIETY
ENTERTAINS
A luncheon tendered the men mem
bers of the Marshall Presbyterian
churcH," by the Woman's Missionary
Society of the Church, at noon last
Thursday, was one of the most enjoy
able features of an all-day meeting
of the Society held at the church.
no ii,nrinri was civen at the
home of Miss Mayme Morrow, Mrs.
James Redmon, Jr., receiving the
guests at the home. The serving was
charge of Mrs. James Redmon,
Sr.. Miss Morrow, Mrs. J. C. Walton,
ts. Oliver M. Shelton, and Mrs. Jack
;amsey. Other memDers oi inn ou-
ciety attending were Mrs. H. C. Rec
tor, president, Mrs. Maggie Ramsey,
secretary, Mrs. Earl Brintnall, Mrs.
Herschel Sprinkle, Mrs. J. N. West,
Mrs. J. Coleman Ramsey, Mrs. E. R.
Tweed, Mrs. Nell Sprinkle, Mrs. J. T.
M. Knox, and Miss June lweeo.
The following gentlemen were
present: the pastor, Rev. Dr. J. T.
m Knnx. Dr. Frank Roberts, E. R.
Tweed, Oliver M. Shelton, Craig L.
Rudisill, Earie Brintnall, Ralph Fish
er, J. Coleman Ramsey, and James
Redmon, Jr.
Madison County on four charges, all Memorial Services For
growing out of alleged violations of j . ,
the prohibition law, Deing iuuuu . jLfr. jeO. IT. racnaru
guilty on two of the charges, ana
given a road sentence ot six montns
by Judge P. A. McElroy, has tiled
notice of appeal to Supreme Court
through his attorney, it has been an
nounced.
On Sunday, Sept. 30th, the people
'of Laurel held a memorial service for
Dr. Geo. H. Packard in the Presby-
terwm Church at White Rock. All
sections of Laurel were represented
IVUHVVUi I rT-
,. mv- i: .,,i, in a Mr.Kt.lv con- and fnr two hours tributes to the
. lilt) VClUlLb . ii va l v. a., m j i v. . . - v - -
. . , . i : ,1 ; nr. a ! , nf t Vi o Iota rthvaipinn were
are that Morgan will fight the charg3 1 voiced k' th people whom he had
preferred against him strenously, served in his ministry, from 1914 to
1923. Dr. Packard lived in this sec
tion, and the night was not too dark,
nor the storm too bad for the devoted
doctor to hurry to the aid of the sick
or-dying.
Siiori. adure-scs wore inputs by the
uciticipants. The services opened
pital is located.
Upon receiving such petition the
Commissioners of the County may
call an election after giving ninety
days' notice thereof. The ticket to
be voted shall provide that the tax
to be levied to pay the bpnds and in
terest shall not exceed a certain a
mount and in no event shall the tax
exceed one-fifteenth of one cent on
the dollar," and the bonds shall Tun
not exceeding thirty years. If a ma
jority of the-Ciualified voters vote for
the bonds and the bonds were old--in
' that vent the County Commit-'
ioners shall proceed at once to ap
point seven trustees choen from the
oitizAna at- Iarsre with"! reference tt
ALLEN BUCKNER
. V CELEBRATES
Allen Buckner, well-known farmer
of the Laurel section and ' pioneer
citizen rof Madtton county, celebrated
his 108th birthdajr anniversary on
Monday., October. 6th. Mr. Buckner,
therJtnew ch office, thwe of .known aff ec)!ionately jn Ins ?w com
. . rL.. In .Lf. t mnnitv and other Madison sections as
SPSS" 'Te stae W
,ttit onS untU the hex
nd election, when wven hospital It 1 .pt probable that tiiere are many
' toiistees shall t; elected and hold fa the South very much. H any, older
1 for'f ouV year., three for six years! his last days amid the peace and quiet
'11 IZ iubseouent general election of the beantil ijf
tha offices of ths trustees whose mountains. ;
- te. oroffic. are about .to expire J A devoted Christian and for ojer
- STb. fined by th. nomination and fifty years, nUunth, T?
election of .tn WM tTtlwSi
. same manner a. SiX i2?S
Mi of whom shaU oe prae- n" oi mjr v. . - --
tidng physicUns, The trustees shall.
nf their number Chairman
: and the Treasurer of the County shall
SERIES OF SERMONS
BEGUN
-Rnninir his sermon on the subject,
tv world's First Man." the pastor,
Rev. Dr. J. T. M. Knox, delivered the
first of a series of twenty sermons to
be given at the Couper Memorial
Presbyterian church here, Sunday
evening. A large congregation heard
the minister, whose discourse was
very interesting and helpful, and
much interest is being shown in me
coming sermons.
Th lives of the Bible's ten great
est men and ten mosf famous women
are to be discussed alternately, end-
ling Sunday evening, February 17.
since he contends that evidence pro
duced by the State was circumstan
tial. CONGRESSIONAL CANDIDATE
SPEAKS
rv,o,.io. A .Tnnns. wpll-known Lin-
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colnton attorney, and 9th Congress-; w;th the singing of songs he loved:
ional District candidate for Congress R0ck of Ages", "Nearer My God
on the Republican ticket, launched to Thee," and a most feeling prayer
his campaign in Madison County with hy Rev. Wesley M. Hyde, Sr. An ac-
n i I 11 , . . i .V . i. 1 J 1.1. J U...;nl nrao
a trio oi political auureea uuhub count oi nis ueaui anu uuimi rrnu
the past week. read and then the sorrow and feeling
Monday night, Mr. Jonas spoke at 0f i0S3 was voiced. Rev. James 1
Hot Springs, followed by an appear- Hyde, Rev. L. A. Zimmerman, Rev.
ance at Marshall at two o'clock on v. C. Detty told of his value to the
rv nf.nnn hi final flntipnr- .Vi(bf;hn Wnrnli nnH nnintefi out his
1 UCBUtty ci i . 1 1 v. w 1 1 , I ' iiiiio.iu - i
ance listed on his itinerary for Madi- self-sacrificing christian life and its
son having been at White kock on resuit in his deatn.
Tuesday night. I Mr. James N. Tweed told of his
i , reliance on Divine help in his minis-
FOSTER LOCATES HERE ltry and hjs kindness and skill in
r qy.o.; roTAr Foster, of traa'tirttr hia natients. Mr. William
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Sorinir Creek, has succeeded former , Spencer Rice spoke with tears of the
r . i j i . . . i . j 1.1 i
deputy E. M. Randall, wno resignea close inenasnip ana tne wim icci
recently as local assistant of Sheriff ; ing of brotherhood. "He entered our
R. R. Ramsey. Mr. Foster has serv-1 houses, and we felt he was one ot
ed four years as deputy, while Mr.;Us," said Mr. Kice. Mr. soi. oneiton
Randall had quite a long period of told of the intimacy in his home and
service to his credit. The former said he was one of us. Then came
assumed his duties last week and will testimonies from many in the house
LUCKY DAY FOR
JIM SHELTON
Last Saturday was a fortunate
day for Jim Shelton of near Barnard.
He came to Marshall on other busi
ness, but was casually asking about
who won the Edison Phonograph of
fered in E. R. Tweed's contest. When
told that the lucky number had not
been turned In, he 'loolred tBrongh
his coupons, little thinking that he
really had the right one, and when
he was told that he did have the right
number, he was so excited that he
almost forgot his name.
v . Shelton is not a subscriber to
the News-Record, hence did not know
that he had the lucky number, and
came very near losing this nice ma
chine, for if he had not happened to
come to Marshall before Monday a
nother number would have been
drawn and he would have been the
loser.
The Moral is that it pays to take
the News-Record and it pays to read
the ads which the home merchants
have in it. Of course all the ads. in it
should be read.
Mr. Mason Banks told of driving him,
'. and that in rain and snow, he had
,rgone twenty four hours at a stretch
"..without the harness from the horses.
VMft Major Tweed, Mr. Chapel Tweed,
. iV Mrs. Cantree and others spoke of
Herbert F. Seawell, of Carthage, utrtwdtog characteristics of the
Remiblican nominee for governor.of , t-.f:a.j h,-a atandine
.. , - , t, xt ,"!.'
North (Jaronna nu jane r. neui
be located here in the future.
TO SPEAK HERE
MRS. LILLIE KING, 23,
DIES AT LAUREL
MEN, STILL, WHISKEY
TAKEN
'3 Anmmi1T;fiaa TVia Tnaf wnt
, . in neir tuiiiuiuiuwBoi
of -Charlotte, attorney, will speak IB , (rQm one who Mid that ghe was gjcic
Marshall, October 81. ' - land the doctor was not well She lived
- Mr. SeaweU, who a few weeks K 'on a hUl and he could not climb be
underwent a serious operation, is be- of injury in an accident, but
ing assisted in his campaign by Me caroe and came twice in one day.
xTA.ii w1ia will cnrrv the maior . . . i j i i ..
iAiu.il " - J'i ana ClimDea on nanus auu wiccj
ri nrna arrested in the nkvrinn nt the burden of an extended; , ... ,
1 lunuivv . w.. ' , my n u in C , uut iib miuc.
Worley Cove section of Sandy Must -speaking tour through more tha,. ft WM B wonderfui testimonial
Saturday afternoon, by members of hM the counties of the State. .... .nd in all there wag the feel-
Sheriff R. R. Ramsey's department (' , At each engagement, mr. ,tos, , wonderful christian life
and brought to Maranau wnere ne plans to spea not mn, eded but the service he ren-
being held In the Couftty .jau on a minutes giving way w ; . ...j.i.,, worth whiie. Such was his
charge of violation of the prohibition who win then expound on e ie-a r , a . . that hig nanle
law..A 40-gallon capacity wau, , - wmcn jar. u , . i- hou8ehold word in Laurel
to have been the property ot w, snort aaaresa. -Z"itm years to come.
1 t - , Mmmanil AT Mr. KfllWEU I 1
stclftn that the. nominee nan aeciueu
Iii the world.
. -Last year a large number v6fchjlr
dren, grand-hUiren, ana great granu
and tne Treasurer oi w i - - ... ,
b. ft.'Trerer of th.
whteh In our ease -wouia am ia ,u . . .
FWrirb Broad and Citixen banks. No
trtistee shall receive any compensa
tion for his-services performed. .ine
red at the mountain farm home, and
helped "Uncle5 Allen, , telebrata- his
107th tirtiday; and this year anotner
tion tor ms-rvMj - r . . v.n
Board of hospital truitee. shall make ! celebration was held.
Pearson Marler. also of the same
section was taken on a charga of hav
ing, whiskey in ' his possession, a
nnantitv of the "mountain beverage
having been found i bidden near his
home officers said. He! Is Dtttg neio
in jajl pending a preliminary hearing
MORGAN FILES APPEAL : -
Frank Uoffu. farmer of tha BuU
Creek section, who1 was tried at the
to carry on his cjampaign in this man-
ner. as wno uu v
b. would not be able to make more
Mian. four sDeeches In the state, It
was explained at State Kepuciican
Headquarters at , Charlotte, uuring
his campaign over the State Mr. Se
well will visit towns in. the ijoastai
:LCentral Piedmont and Western
section of the State, after be opens
September erimlnal term of eeurt of his campaign in Lumberton DctobeT 8
Hoover in Hearts of People
'"In my opinion. Mr. Hoover staada
In the hearts ot the American people
aualv-to any man , In the DnlUd
States. 1 am sore that there Is -ao
' member of the 8ehau who. it he ran
lor rresiaeat against nuurnr, wuuw
ha hia ta noU as man? rotes aa ha
would ' soIL" 8aa tor ' Hitchcock.
Oemocrat, ot Nebraska, ta UU. .
News of the recent death of Mrs.
Lillie King, 23, at the Laurel Com
munity hospital, following an illness
of about three weeks, has been re
ceived here. Blood poisoning was the
cause of her death.
Mrs. King was a devoted Christian
worker and a member of the Carmen
Baptist Church. Surviving are her
husband. Roscoe King and two child
ren; also her father, mother, and five
brothers.
ANSWERS
We are In receipt of two ar
ticles in answer to Mrs. Harry
Hill's article which appeared
. . i i &
in this paper last ween, uui
these two articles could nobe
set this week; however, they
will be printed next week, ana
it might pay you to read them.
They are both good.
Marse Henry's Idea -
Colenel Henry Watterson wrote an
editorial In his newspaper, the Louts '
vllle Courier Journal, In which s ha :
remarked - that the observant . and
thoughtful onlookers had long been
of the opinion that "the people ot New
York are Incapable of self-government.".
R. Werner In Tamstanf '
' Critic fTon'U never hare your
name' Inscribed in tha Han of Fame."
" Author: ' "Maybe not, ; but : I'd
soo'ner f bave v people " asking why It
isn't there than asking why it is.'