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PRICE "A YEAR I
MADISON COUNTY RECORD
Established June 28, 1901.
FRENCH i BROAD NEWS
Established May 16, 1907.
Consolidated November 2, 1911
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MARSHALL, N. C, FRIDA, FEBRUARY 22, 1929
1750
VOL. XXI
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CARTER RIDDLE IS
MYSTERIOUSLY
SHOT MERE
CENTRAL SECURITIES
COMPANY
Carter Riddle. 17, of Robbinsville,
is in a Brave condition at the Marsh-.
all hospital as the. result of a pistol!
'wound in his chest, which was inflict
ed at 4 o'clock Tuesday morning in
: ASHEVILLE Plans of the new
(Central Securities Company of Ashe
iville, Inc., which were announced here
I last week, disclose the fact that this
new 'finance and holding company
promises to be a most important force
in the further industrial and com
mercial development of all Western
North Carolina.
! The Central Securities Company,
. THE PIIRlISHER'Siro
: ABOUT TOUS MATTERS
a somewhat mysterious manner, as
Central Bank
of Asheville.
with an authorized capital of $3,500,-
i.. i..i : a i,,.i, .i,an n 'uuu. starts Dusinesi as one oi w
Main Street. largest finance companies in the
"Shorty," as Riddle is called, and I Southern j states It was organized by
.Mnin,,, wp. sWnine- in th.. '.vanace 13. Davis ana associates, anu
shop, according to an affidavit seci.r- affiliated with the
..a tL h swiff R R t?..mSPv. J nd Trust (Jompany
when Deputy Sheriff George Rector ,UP to Saturday night, over $700,000
and Ernest Ramsey, son of Sheriff R. pf the Compart capital stock had
r r, r,iD,.,i th0 eUnn T'n-. Been
lights were flashcu out, and a pistol
shot rang but.
vin Ramsev. according to Riddle, at Common
t
iJIMN
thr Western North Carolina
thi week to look after those
, bjen inclined to .gpi too, and
subscribed, largely by present
stock-holders of the Central Bank.
Public sale of Central .Securities 7 per
cent Cumulative Preferred Stock and
'B" stock was begun this
.i-:u r .l,n.,f.J . Ti.r, tlin wees.
lights Daemon or I'll make a light." ! Central Securities Company plans
Almost immediately after the lights principally to purchase Western North
were turned out, he was shot, the ,Car1,na J"8' and P1
boy's statement said, He sat down .'bonds and a limited amount of stock
and asked Rector why he had shot in banks, insurance and surety eom
him, said the youth, to whkh Rector '.P- Many forms of cooperation
relied that he had not fired the shot. ,w be extended to present banks and
Riddle was rushed to the hospital, ft t,tut,91 V f,fe
where his condition was found to be Carolina. Rtfal estate will 'not
serious, and his parents were notified. :e financed or purchased by the Com-
Sheriff Ramsey is pushing the in-.party -neither will real estate bopd
vestigation, he declares, and hopes to e5 be originated althodgh realms-,
have some definite evidence shortly, 'mortgage bonds may eventually
Meanwhile the town is much excited ,b -bandied as wholesale selling agent
over the affair when guaranteed by responsible sure-
The bullet entered young Riddle's & companies An intensive market
left side, and plowed through his campaign for securit.es which will
t t be handled by the Company is soon
c to be instituted in the Middlewest.
where branch offices will eventually
be opened.
Wallace B. Davis, who is President
of the Central Bank and. Trust Com
pany, as well as the affiliated Central
Securities Comparty. stated that the
new Company was primarily design
ed to further the 'basic commerce and
industries of this section. "We ex
pect to provide a financial service
large enough, and broadly useful e
nough. to claim a vital part in the
TO BE IN MARSHALL
AND MARS HILL
-So many people from MadisoiMind
counties are journeying over to Raleig
legislators- down there that this writer h:
if this cdlumn docs not have as muci in it trSs week as it ought to have,
just remember that this writer is down there also trying to legislate or
do something like that instead of being at home attending to his bus-
iness. You know this business of legislating is' getting to be almost a
joke, anyway. When you come to think tbout it, we wonder if the
whole business isn't wrong. We get in 41 great stir about. first nominat-
ing a man to go and we almost get to blows over the nomination, and as
- soon as that is over, we begin stirring ourselves about who is going to
be elected and when the job is finally dltme half the county is mad be-
cause of defeat and the other half is me.fl with victory, and to stanc! up
" above the whole business and look down oil it is rather amusing, after
all. And then when we send the man down there to Raleigh to make
our laws, we have to go and see that he nukes them to suit us or keep
him from making amy at all, and instead oi being a real law maker, he
becomes the ball tossed around by the iarjpus factions until he hardly
knows what he is or what he's about. 'Anc! this is no reflection on any
one of them the same is practically trtie f all of them. We wonder
if the people back home regard the ons nt to the legislature nowa
days as our fathers cid. They may haye done it, but we do not know
"APRON PARTY"
heart. Before He will come in, you
will have to open the door willingly
,.n,,anlf va,i nnll hava rn noaire :.l I
have Him, OU will have to want Him. 1110 A CI TffTCC
This is the generation of them that. f f lu ii uULLLk5kJ
seek Him, that seek thy face, O Jacob, t
Selah. Lift up your heads, O ye .
eates: andhe ye lift up. ye everlast- ! The Valentine "Apron Party, giv
ing doors, and the King of glory shall 1 ue Montezuma Hotei i nursery,
come in. Who is tnis lung 01 uiory . "i. , "I",
The Lord, strong and mighty. The BaPtst Sewing Circle, was a great
Lord, mighty in battle. Lift up your success. ..... . , K
heads, OT ye gates; even lift them , Sometimes its fortunate to be
up, ye everiasting doors; and the slender for each guest was met at the
King of Glory shall come in. Who door and measured around the waist
is this King of glory? The Lord of ?nd was charged a penny for every
Ihosts, he is the King of Glory, Selah. "!. iney carriea me r penme
Psa. 24:6-10. Let the King of glory the packets of the small aprons that
jeome in, the King of kings, and the '" V! .
Lord of Lords. He will sup .ilh Rev- and V- H- L- Smith directed
you of your sorrows, of vour griefs; some very interesting games which
and he will sup with you of .vo-jr were enjoyed by both young and old
heartaches and bereavements. He , Delicious refreshments were served
the time of Z ; ' ' j
,,.,,. v,.,,,k. L. Plemmons, Mrs. J. M. Ramsey and
door and let him come in? He is rs. o. o. rgU.
the great burden bearer, and will were receiveu irom ou.ei
stick closer than a brother, and says, e Sewing Circle
, My yoke is easy and my burden is t uThe Sewing Circle wishes to thank
light. He knows the hearts of all the members of the different churches
' men, and understands us better than and ihf the ccmmrmt.v who -e-
we understand ourselves. Are you Pondfd to the invitations. They es
. sorely tempted, Christian? A n J Pec,allv wlsh to tha"kfrs: V f '6
. many times when you are trying to Cow. manager of the hotel, whs
do your best, are you misunderstood, " v." V"
a very present help in
trouble. Will "ou open
days as our fathers cid. They may haye done it, but we do not Know - and persecuted, and talked about? If occasion anu spareu ..o
about it if, they went down there and witcfcl the legislatures as closely go, just lean on the everlasting arm J? Pleasant for those
as we do in this time. Our opinion is that the people back home used 01 tne -ing
to elect their man to the legislature because of his peculiar qualification
for that office arid he was regarded as conscientious and capable and he
was trusted to do the work and the people Sack home accepted what he
did in the best of feeling. But things have. changed these days and we
are afraid that everybody who announces for that office has an axe to
grind or some faction has or we do not seem to be willing to trust any
body. Are we evoluting or deviluting?
0
Hold on to His un-
- !-k . a f ; i,;. ! Mrs. uiaude Allison, ireasurer, re-
he wil cam -you through We do Ped the proceeds to be about
I StSpecTgo to hSZ on Z W of f T'IhJSI
"l eds of ease, while others fought to moneV wl11 be u.sed beautrfy the
win the prize and sailed through parsonage grounds, and for minor re-
r . . noire rt rho naroAnavo
h nnriv sens. We shon d not ask Him '--"-t,
0 take away the thorn of the flesh,
ut to give us the needed grace to be
n overcomer.
Miss Jessie Kelly, a former Art
student at the University of Tennes-
He has promised to ie. spent several hours decorating
C. R. Hamrick, Deputy Commis
sioner of Revenue will be in the Bank
at Mars Hill, N. C, on Mon ay, Feb.
25th., and in the Courthouse at Mar-
orVVuiW S ivrogress.of all Western North Caxcli
desiring help in filing State Income ? r. Davis ' high
Tax retu
income
ried per
or more
rations regardless of amount of in
come must file report "before March
!")th. No charge is made for this service.
vns. All single persons With M"rr ZZuZ rZ:
of ?1000.0Q or more, all mar- ""'i'"".- " '"' A
sons WitKf1ncnof $2900.00 -
its management to the end that we
may equal the remarkable succas-3
that has been achieved by other com
panies similar to ours.
"Lucky" Still Taken
By Madison Sheriff
ANNOUNCEMENT
The
School
ulars
Fridav
eighth ra-.'c of Mars Hill High
will present a program at the
Hill High School auditorium
evening, February 2'1, i'J2'.
"Old Lucky" a ir0-gallon capacity
moonshine sJll reported to be the
largest ever captured in the history
,r .'!:!' i-on coun.v was taKen las: -.. d th
Saturday by Sheriff Robert ll. Ram- PLAY: JUMBO JUM.
sey and Iepulies George H. Rector ,-:iARACTKRS:
and Charles Hen-ley in the Shelton :j"un,boJum ' James Holcomb-.-
Laurel section. , , . Mr. Gobleton . Sidney WaM
Sheriff Ramsey reported that this Mrs Gobleton .. ... .. . Bobbie Bailey
still has been trailed from Maoison Hannah rva rjeu Edwards
county to Tennessee and then back Lavvyer cheatman " Forrest Ponder
to North Carolina, hence the name, Mr Henrv Herschell Holcombe
"Old Lucky" Officers have been try- iMiss Adelaide Louise Roberts
ing to capture this outnt lor severa ong "Ain't Got Time To Hang A-
: t i a u4. u: ll B ... : ...
round fc-ighth grale
MARSHALL'S WHITE WAY
We favor the proposed white way for the town of Marshall. But
since it was announced, here comes along a lady of the town saying that
a white way is the last thing we do need. It is her opinion that before
we get the lights to show up the ugly places in town we ought to have
a house cleaning. She would have the old dilapidated houses replaced
by better ones and a generous coat of paint used and all the objection
able sights which meet the eyes of passers-by removed or made more
presentable before they are shown up by a white way. Now this writer
would not (are differ with this good woman, for women are usually
right abut this and some other things, : but really when you come to
think about it, most touristy pa through anyway by daylight and the
scenes so vividly described 6y thijs good lady and easily seen by the cas
ual observer, are visiWe tapasss-by whether we have the white way
or not. Besides, sometimes lights mateieven bad-looking objects look
better.- Why, one time we-feoticf 'd MPan on a stage where the lights
were being thrown upon her with telling effect and we thought 3he was"
a gooc'-looking woman until she was seen as the light of day revealed
her and we saw at once the charming effect that lights may have. No
tice, we did not jay that she was not good-looking naturally, but it took
the artificial lights to show her off. Really, quite a number of wu'.n
and men too are improved by lights sufficiently brilliant to deceive the
on-lookers. -Maybe Marshall's while way will haw a s::ni' .r t .feet.
And this is no reflection on Marshall. The n v'liv.' seen -ry h'.-re
i, . . .1.. A r , 4i . rn, : ,10- nipl-ii-p.
excelled. .-n me luwn iiuim auuvt- i.-i a. mw.. w"'......,, i
...... . - ... 1. 1 4.
rh so thai we take gi cat delight in snowing 11 to suangeis, out
es n she main street wh'u .rtrht to b? elean-
e with us in the sixth trouble and
not forsake us in the seventh. In fact
the
for
hotel for the party.
the windows in the
Draperies
lobby and
years, it being reported that this still
has been in operation for approxi
mately 20 years. This still has a capa
city of turning out about 60 to 75
gallons, of illicit moonshine whiskey
every 24 hours.
Only the thickest and best grade
copper was used in the construction
the cap for.it being a 20-gallon bar
rel. No men were in the vicinity, but
about 2,000 gallons of beer were cut
Monologue "Socks and Soapsuds"
CHARACTERS
Mrs. Didgit Clara Phillips
Mrs. Trivial Bobbie Bailey
Monologue "Evolution of Me" giv
en by Robert Howell
Song: "Ain't Got Enough For To
Pass Around" Eighth grade
PLAY: "BOX AND COX"
CHARACTERS:
down by the officers. Mr. Ramsey Box " Robert Howell
"states that the operators had on hand qox Jack Carter
about 1,200 pounds of sugar and 'Aunt7"fioMcVr"""'lJrene Hensley
proximately 200 gallons of whiskey.
-Asheville Citizen.
FAVORS HOSPITAL
Friml Wha't did your wife do
with the cook book you gave her for
rfti t
iirunautB i
Himmel Oh, she used it as a scrap Marshall, N. C.
book to paste beauty recipes in which fear air:
February 13th, 1929.
Mr. A. W. Whitehurst
she clipped from the papers.
The Pathfinder
STIILLOPEN!
. All warehouses will
stay open at Greene
ville, Tenn. till Febru
ary 28 th, 1929. Prices
are as good at the Plant
er's as they have been
for the last two weeks.
Planters Warehouses,
Nos.l&2,
Grecneville,' Tenn.
It has been more than sixty-seven
years since I left my father and moth
er to go to the army, and since then
I have not made my home there, but
I have never ceased to have a real in
terest in the welfare of the people
living there. I take the News-Record
and note what is going on so far
as told in its columns.
I I have been particularly interested
I in the proposed hospital made pos
Isible by the Due fund conditioned
by the county cooperatnig. I have
i given about thirty years' service in
j the executive management of the
I Hamilton County "hospitals, one the
general and the other Tuberculosis,
land I think I know their value, and
I I am safe in saying Madison County
will make a mistake in refusing to
i contribute its part in the consum-
'mafinn nf flint wnrlr Tt pnnlH not.
make a better investment, I see your
generous offer to lielp . out in the
matter, and I congratulate you on the
humane spirit you show. It gives em
phasis to the fact that you have an
interest in the welfare of the com
munity in which you liyr. I know
you are heavily taxed up there, but I
also know that good hospitals are an
investment that pays good dividend's
in the service they render the people
where they are located. ,
I am
Very trely,
A.J.QAHAGAN.
r:r.i - x.n. .. 4.1...4. i. .:n lnmif room were maue uj. icu aiiu
lohngerdHe0rs'aSfrrend? toThe Ines were plac prominent plac
'friendless Does it seem that all es about the rooms.
ijour friends have forsaken you? i ,lr j ma n '.
IBoes it seemihat your life is a fail- Wanted More ISeaUty
!ure? If so, "seek the Lord while he :
may be found, and call upon Him Government statistics for the year
while He is near. Is thy heart thirst-11928 show that there are now more
ing for the living God? If so, just than 50,000 beauty shops working
open the door and let Jesus come in. rWith and for American Women,
lis thy soul bereft of comfort, and thy a canvass of the editors of lead
heart a cheerless spot? Say not in8r women's magazines indicates
Christ is trv the desert, for we can be- 'that there is a general demand for
lieve it not. He is a man of sorrow, further development in this line, and
and acquainted with griefs. In that more and better shops will be
'conclusion, hear what Isaiah says a- the order of the day during the torn
i'bout -Jesus. He isdespised and re-j ng year.
Ijected of men; a man of sorrows, and The editor of the Woman's Home
acquainted with grief, and we hid as Companion says: "The country is
it were, our faces from Him; he was crying for good manicures and there
(despised, and we esteemed him not. are hundret s of towns where a wam
; Surely he hath borne our griefs, ami an nnist siah in vain even for a com
petent shampoo."
Probably n o profession offers
grea.er promise to competent giris
seeking- profitable employment. Tiia
average for the beginner with soni'i
training i $-"- a s eek. and the girls
usaiiy receive geivrous commissions
in addition ti- silai v. It is not raio
or a good operator In a nig city beau
v . hoi' uv-.-nige ' a week, includ
ing tips.
"The possibilites in the business
, or the owner are unlimited." sava
1 Haze 1 Rawson Cades, well-known
WALNUT MAN GIVES beau'" etor "The right sort of girl
, BOND AT MARSHALL, 1 or .e operating end of the business
I :must be physically strong, pleasant to
MARSHALL, N. C, Feb. 20.-Tom lt' "nd well-groomed. Most of
McDevitt, 21, of Walnut, was arrest- the auty speciahste who train their
ed here on a charge of committing !n flTs inf.lst tha the havfe hl.h
lassault upon a female. He was re- fcho0' education and some prefer col-
'io..j i nnn kj t... t o u lege graduates."
sey, justice of the peace, and a pre- ; AmonS the beauty houses, Primrose
liminary hearing will be held Satur- ;0,use employs only trained nurses,
day. Asheville Citizen. lHe.lena Rubenstein replied to an m-
.quiry regarding qualifications of op
erators, said : "I want human beings.
Ouaker Started School ieyteent, of course. Educated as
VUttKer OlttTiea OCnOOI much fl8 possib,e- But above all, real
Banks human beings are most interested in.
people and want to do them good."
I , . , ... I The Marinillo Company replied thac
L Thf '?cras'n observance of Na- he idea girl should not hava
jtional Thrift Week has called atten- echnical knowledge, but also artistic
tion to the rapid growth of school hiliu- Th nw; q ;,..
savings banks, which now have forty , 'Give us girls who are physically well.
carried our sorrows; yet vve mil es
teem ,iim s icken. smi .en of God,
..ml i.iHictec-. Hut as wound,':)
i'- o . iror. :-essi!.ns. i.e was bruis
c,: f. c.i.- iii.i,.!:'. . s. he ehasti'
:.:rm of our peace was upon Hi:!'., r
with His stripes we arc healed. 1 i.
. 5-'! :'-"). Li t Je-us eoi into y nr
henn ,,nd you may sup of h: j-. ,-,
neace, and d'i'ik of the -iver of
pie .sure forever .aurt.
Yours in Him,
Box 85 Hot Springs. W. E. McFA
is inn.
. ,i inucr
' really iher" are some jih'.'es on she main si
- ed up. If iourisls could see only the beauty . pot: oi 'v.i :,
' over Ihe sireets above and not the lower street, 've would not say all
J,---. Any town has its back streets or places tha . :iei ii ele;,n:ne; up,
but to strangers, Marshall seems to have only one street, and we would
like to see that one street well kept and made as attractive as possible.
Marshall as it now is does not impress strangers with its real beauty.
o
THE COUNTY HOSPITAL
Sooner than you may think, the election which is to mean a hospi
tal for Madison County or no hospital will have arrived and you people
will be expected to vote one way or the other. And much depends up
on the way you vote.
There are those who honestly oppose this bond issue for a hospital
on the ground that it is an unnecessary unit of taxation to maintain it,
when the peop)e of Madison are in easy reach of Asheville hospitals
They say further that those who are able to pay their way would pa
tronize hospitals away where the most expert surgeons and service
would be available, and that the County hospital would be patronized
largely by charity cases where the County would come in to help defray
the expenses of the charity patients, that the County taxes are already
too high and yet despite that fact the County is too poor now to sup
port the County Home as it should be. They argue that if the hospital
is built it will be only a few years before it will be for sale and that it
will not bring 20 of its cost, anc! so on and so on.
An erroneous idea is also abroad that this hospital ill be for the
direct benefit of the doctors. They say that the Count: will be called
upon to pay for the professional services of surgeons and physicians in
charity cases. This last point, while it is being talked generally all over
the County, should, if possible, be corrected. Having a County hospi
tal would not obligate the County to paiy for professional services any
rrore than not having one.
As we understand it, the doctors do not favor the hospital for their
own benefit, except insofar as hospital equipment enables them to ren
der better service and save more lives. Even proponents of the hospi
tal are not figuring that this institution will be a money-making invest
ment. The idea is one more of mercy than of money. Mr. Duke helps
tn offer our aid in the restoration of health to the sick and life to the
. ... :x.. j v:tl ..v. .j. ... , . ' . . . " icvuicu 3 a
dying. When a poor person in me cummumiy ma.n.; .iUj,.u.. ever niw ne nas maae u nis jod to Kitchen Cabinet Orchestra, each lady
ss, uui. sumcuuujj B i-u w. u.it oiuoiM ouu:uriucs 111 using tne unique musical instrument
' " 7 Xnn aaPtaDle ana ot good disposition, and
! than 4,500,000 depositors. The 'we will do the rest." Elizabeth Ar
. school savings bank, it is now revealed dens's ideal i B ri f
owes, its rise to the genius of 'an In- height, with strong capable handsL
diana Quaker, J. R. Stout, who tells nd "intelligence." ;
the story of his work in the current j 1
issue of the American Magazine. I
Mr. Stout's father was a school KITCHEN ORCHESTRA WAS
uperintendent and his mother a fnrtn
school teacher. When a boy, he read GOOD
!Ben Franklin's Autobiography "at
least forty times a year," and from it A very entertaining program waa
. he became an enthusiast m teaching ; iven last Friday night at the Marsh-
the principles of systematic saving, all school auditorium, by the ladies
He organized n group called the f che Methodist church.
caucatiouw inritt service," " and I The nrooram m. foot,,roH
ll nnllinclv contribute to help defray expen
has to go begging and sometimes the amounts received are meager and
willing helpers, when often there are many equally able 10 help v. ho are
willing helpers, when often there are many qually able to help who are
not seen or are unwilling to help. The County ho:t. i would more
evenly divide the burden among more people who ought to heip. And
the poor will be benefitted without being taxed to help.
, various cities, persuade them to in-I of a kitchen utensil.
ta:1 a school savins bank, and then The
I ec-jre .e cooperation of the best t ve with a couble semi-circle of the
j anks in-. . the town, making an ar-.ladies dressed in white with red jack-
I angement with these banks to handle ets and head bands.
J he ceposits of the children who fall) Miss Violet Wright directed the
II line with his plan. 'Orchestra ani Mrs. Ditmore was the
The banks that agree to act as de- announcer.
positories tor the children s accounts A
Let the King of Glory
Come In
Behok", I stand at the door, and
knock; if any man hear my voice,
and open the door, I will come in to
himr and will, sup with him, and he
with me. Rev. 3:20. This wonder
ful friend is standing: at the heart's
door of every unregenerated person,
entertaining nnntrtmim.-..
pav Mr. Stout so nv.-;h per pupil en- Miss Rose Bud Popularity was en- v
oiled in, -.the Han. That's how ha invorl
and knocks: Do you rot hear Him? gets his living. Another pantomime which' was very "
Do you not hear the sweet, gentle i "When I star ed eleven years ago effective was Little Mother (Mutter- '
voice of the kind, loving, compassion-i o inaugurate this work," he says, Vhen). Old familiar tunes were used '
ate Saviour as He says. Give me thine 'ihe bajrfc$we:e flow to join. But through -r.tthe program by the Or- '.,',
heart? He wants you to open the , ow I -Mft4 no trouble getting them chestra. iT'
door and let Him come in to you, anu , o coopieraie, for the idea is intense- j Some very clever readings and nov- ' '
sup with you. He wants your whole y practical and has been in success- ,e!ty songs were given. One very in- ; '
heart for Himself, He wants to conic i ul operation in more than 41 States, teresting number was the Grind Or--
in to stay. Will you, dear reader, if
gan Man and Monkey.
l he audience was very appreciative
you have not already, cpeu just now iTelevox-t-Phat date is this?
and invite Him to come in. Christ Robot I don't know. I'm a stranger ;and the orchestra has been asked to
will not lorce tin way into any on? nere. me fathnn.er. repeat its performance.