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MARSHALL, N. C, FRIDAY, MARCH 8, 1929
VOL. XXI
MARS HILL COLLEGE GETS
$21,700 CHECK AS GIFT
PRESIDENT MOORE ANNOUNCES
RECEIPT OF DONATION
President R. L. Moore announced
Wednesday that the morning mail had
brought a gift of $21,700 to Mars
Hill College from a friend of the
college whose name he had been re
quested not to disclose.
The gift, which was given toward
the endowment of the college, wa?
in the form of personal checks and
shares of valuable stock. The donor.
President Moore said, was a member
of a family who ha.l in the past given
liberally to Mars Hill College.
This is the third gift made recent
ly to the endowment of Mars Hill.
A patron of a few days ago gave to
the college an 85-acre farm in an ad
joining state. Tuesday William Fred
erick Stevens, of Chicago, president
of the East Coast Utilities company,
sent checks to the amount of $245,
with the assurance that others would
be coming.
The administration has expressed
gratification at the interest which
friends of the college are showing in
increasing the invested resources of
the college. One of the most press
ing needs of the collge in maintain
ing the high standard which it pro
poses and in carrying out its program
in the changing educational field is
adequate endowment, Dr. Moore has
announced.
While the college will not at this
time enter into an endowment cam
paign, the trustees are considering
means of increasing the endowment
to meet the demands of a growing
college. I
LEGISLATURE PASS-
i
ES STERILIZATION
School workers are invited to meet
with us.
Bring your problems in one pock
et, your lunch in the other, and the
Word of God in your heart. This
meeting ought to be made a great
spiritual uplift to all who attend, and
an untold blessing to our churches.
Let us pray to this end.
Very cordially vours,
J. R. OWEN,
For the Committee.
Seeing By Radio
Now thai television and picture
broadcasting has become mechani
cally and scientifically possible, the
tragedies that it has to face are be
ginning to manifest themselves. The
Federal Radio Commission has been
obliged to restrict the class of broad
casting to "rigid regulation," because
visual broadcasting disturbs audible
broadcasting to such an extent that
it is impractical to permit it even
experimentally.
It sounds like tough luck. The
problem now is to overcome the han
dicaps in transmitting visual radio.
In time the answer may be found.
The apparent impasse reminds one
of the wonderful observation th'at
while every dog has his day the cats
have the nights. Perhaps it would
of
he verv interesting to see some
this night life by way of the televis
ion. "Ask papa," the coy young man
said, gently freeing himself from her
sturdy embrace.
"Ask papa!" the leap-year bachelor
girl ejaculated. "Never! He doesn't
count. I'll ask your mother."
The Pathfinder.
BOARD OF
JOHN R. FRISBY FOUND
NOT GUILTY KILLING SON
BILL NOW BEFORE HOUSE
The bill introduced by Representa
tive .1. II. llutchins to oust the pres
ent Board of Education of Madison
County and name a new board was
finally sent back from the committee
this week to the floor of the house.
It was given neither a favorable nor
present session of the legislature
perhaps than any other measure.
When it went before the committee
on education some two weeks ago,
arge delegations representing the tv
gides in this matter visited Raleigh
nrd quite a lively debate was hear I
an unfavorable report but without oeiore me commute ..c ...a..
prejudice. The House will possibly Vas 30 heated am s porously
pass on this before this paper reach- fought, on the one hand, and so de
es its readers, but as we go to press fended on the other, that it is no sur
it is impossible to say what the out- Pnse that the committee has been so
come may be Jang passing on it. And now the
This is one matter which has ere- committee has "passed the buck" -;o
ated more excitement during the ,tne House.
Our Debt To Mother
Why just one day is set aside,
To me is not Quite clear,
For mother should be honored,
Everv dav throughout the year;
Arid though you shower upon her,
All the world's great wealtn today,
The debt you owe to mother,
It wouldn't half repay.
" 'Twas mother held you to her breast !
When shadows used to creep; '
Twas mother's crooning lullaby, (
That, closed your eyes in sleep; :
T.'.as mother's soffcan'l tender wor Is
Thai banished every fear,
Twas mo llier's angel lips,
Thai Kissed away each little icar.
,As we went to press last week the
trial of John R. Frisby of near Mar
shall was in progress and considerable
interest was being manifested in its
outcome. The lawyers finished speak
ing Friday night after supper, after
quite a number of witnesses had been
examined and the judge's charge was
not delivered to the jury until Sat
urday morning. Before noon the jury
had returned a verdict of not guilty.
GRAND JURY'S
"Oh, mother's life is just a round,
Of worry, toil and care;
Vou little know the trials.
Or the burdens she must bear;
And though every day you honor her
With this and that and 'tother,
You never, never, can repay
The debt you owe your mother."
Sent in by Mrs. W. F. Burris.
PECIAL ATTENTION TO SCHOOL
BUSSES AND CHILDREN
: THE PUBLISHER'S COLUMN :
' ABOUT VARIOUS MATTERS :
BILL
Milliter's Bill for Sterilization
of Mentally Defective Now
v State Law; Endorse)
by Welfare gren'ctel
Senator Millner's bill for the
sterilization of mentally defective,
one of the important state-wide bills
brought before the present Legisla- i
ture, has passed the Legislature and ;
is now a state law. The bill, which had i
the endorsement of the State Board 1
of Welfare ant' State Board of Health
has attracted much attention through
out the State. It is similar to laws in
effect already in many other states.
The text of the bill is as follows::: 1
A Bill to Provide for the Sterilization I
of the Mentally Defective and Fee
ble Minded Inmates of Charitable
and Penal Institutions of the State
of North Carolina.
The General Assembly of North
Carolina do enact::
Section 1. The governing body or
responsible head of any penal or
charitable institution supported
wholly or in part by the State of
North Carolina, or any subdivision
thereof, is hereby authorized and di
rected to have the necessary operation
for asexulization or sterilization per
formed upon any mentally defective
or feeble minded inmate or patient
thereof, as may be considered best
in the interest of the mental, moral
or physical improvement of the pa
tient or inmate, or for the public good
Sec. 2 It shall be the duty of the
Board of Commissioners of any Coun
ty of North Carolina, at the public
cost and expense, to have the opera
tion performed upon any mentally de
fective or feeble minded resident of
the county, not an inmate of any pub
lic institution, upon the petition and
request of the next kin or legal
guardian of such mentally defective
person; provided r
Sec. 3 No . operation under this
act shall be performed by other than
a duly qualified and registered sur
geon of North Carolina and only with
the consent and approval in each spe
cific case of a board of review, which
shall be the State Board of Health of
North Carolina, where the patient is
inmate of a state institution, or the
local board of health, where the. pa
tient is inmate of a county or city
institution, or is a non-institutional
case.
Sec. 4 . A health history of the pa
tient and his. or her. family, so far as
obtainable, signed by a duly register-1
ed North Carolina physician, shall be !
furnished the reviewing body in each
case and together with its recommen
dations, left as permanent record.
Sec. 5 This act shall repeal all
laws and clauses of laws in conflict
therewith and become, of effect im
mediately upon ratification.
We see from the Chattanooga Times dated February 24 that Capt.
Jack Gahagan, formerly of Madison County, now residing at Chatta-
nooga, celebrated his 85th birthday February the 23rd, 1929. If we
may judge from the write-up given him in that issue, Captain Gahagan
must stand exceedingly well in his city. A double-column picture of
himself and a four-column picture of the dinner party on this occasion
followed by nearly a page of praise and sketch of his life and works
make up this interesting account. This is of interest in Madison Coun-
ty not only because of his having been born in this county, but also for
the reason that he now has many relatives and friends in this county.
We understand he is a brother of Mr. Ben Wade Gahagan, Mr. Richard
Gahagan, and Miss Lillie Gahagan. In the party were the Mayor of
Chattanooga, two judges, one senator, and one justice of the supreme
court of Tennessee. May he have many happy returns of the day.
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SUBSCRIPTIONS COMING IN
We have been very much gratified at the number of people who
P WW Jn-and renewed their subhsocifitiana alnc
issue came out giving them warning that their paper would be stopped
unless arrangements are made. We are aware that the price of the
paper is hard for some people to get, but with many, it is only a matter
of neglect. They continue to put off from day to day what could have
been done sooner, Abut the habit of neglect grows on them and it is hard "
to shake off. But that very habit causes many publishers to suffer. If
tyou have not yet come across, don't wait another day. Don't force us
to stop your paper.
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about this matter so that I may know how to act intelligently in giving
publicity to the matter. Will you, therefore, answer the following:
1. How many such hospitals are now running in this and other
states?
2. How many in this state were built by the county voting bonds?
3. Name the counties in which your foundation has aided in build
ing hospitals and supplying funds for charity cases.
4. Do you know of any county which has had such a hospital and
in which the people are dissatisfied and sorry they built it? If
so, please name it. If not, do you have reason to believe that
the people are pleased with it?
5. If possible, please say how many are self-sustaining and how
many are not, the largest deficit, &c.
Any other information you can send to help us out will be greatly
appreciated.
I am hoping you have something printed which will cover the a
bove points without giving you undue trouble.
Thanking you in advance, I am
Very truly yours,
H. L. STORY.
CONFERENCE AT
BULL CREEK
Dear Brother:
There will be a conference of the
pastors of the Fresch Broad Associa
tion next Monday, March 11th, at
Boll Creek Baptist church, beginning
lb 10 o'clock. Layman and Sunday
We wonder if the people generally appreciate the blessings or ad
vantages of our present time. It is good to be living in such a delight
ful age. Our younger people hardly realize the wonderful improve
ments that have taken place within the recollection even of those who
are not so old yet. We were particularly impressed with this wonderful
age Monday when we realized for our first time that the people all over
this great nation could practically attend the inauguration of our new
president and at the same time be comfortably seated in our own
homes. One could almost see the crowds moving and surging through
the wet streets of Washington trying to gain a vantage point from
which to witness the ceremonies, while we could remain at home and
perhaps hear more and get a better understanding of the program than
if we had been in Washington, having our attention drawn from the
amplifiers by the rain and various distractions.
And all this was made possible by the radio just one phase of the
great electrical age in which we live. We wonder if we people in
Western North Carolina appreciate what the Asheville Broadcasting
SjijatiorJ means for us. And to think that we get all this free just by
owning or being near a receiving set! If it cost us more, perhaps we
would appreciate it more. If we were permitted but once in a life time
to have such an experience as that Monday, wouldn't we think it worth
hundreds and hundreds of dollars just the wonder of it? All the
sweetest music in the world, the greatest speeches, the greatest ser-
mons, the greatest plays, the best of everything audible brought to our
very homes and given us free of charge if we will but prepare to tune
in!
The inaugural ceremonies Monday were brought to us in Western
North Carolina by the Columbia Broadcasting System financed by the
Central Securities Company of Asheville. We are deeply indebted to
this AsbeviUfr company for having this foresight and consideration for
this section of the state. While it is great advertisng for them, they
were rendering real service for their advertising. Certainly all who
enjoyed it could at least show appreciation by writing them a card.
That is the only way those who make the broadcasting possible have of
knowing whether it is heard and appreciated or not. This station is
now owned by The' Asheville Citizen and the present management is
certainly giving us something worth while. We thank them all.
It is all so wonderful that it is hard for us to say what is most won-
derful. But we had never heard broadcasting from an aeroplane be-
fore. Think of sitting in Marshall, or in California for that matter,
and actually hearing the man in the flying plane as it circled over
Washington speaking above the hum of his motor and propeller! What
are we coming to next?
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SOME FACTS ABOUT THE HOSPITAL
The publisher of this paper is trying honestly to place as many of
the facts regarding the proposed hospital before our people as possible
before the election so that they can vote as intelligently as possible.
On February 22, we wrote the following letter to Dr. W. S. Rankin at
Charlotte, who is the head of the Duke Endowment.
Feb. 22, 1929.
Dr. W. S. Rankin
Duke Foundation
Charlotte, N. C.
Dear Dr. Rankin : "
Ton will perhaps remember me personally.
As you very likely know, we are to hold an election on April 9 to
decide whether this county wfl) issue bonds with which to meet the
Duke Offer for a hospital' , As publisher of the only paper published in
the county, I am very anxious to get hold of as many facts as possible
' After several days we were favored with the following letter from '
Dr. Rankin: .
' March 192?' '
Mr. "II. L. Story, -' .
The News-Record,
Marshall, North Carolina.
i My dear Mr. Story:
! I have just returned to the office within the last few days, after be-
5 ing out of the State for the last ten days, and this is the first opportuni-
I ty I have had to answer your letter of February 22nd. "
I will take up your questions in the order in which you ask them. "
1. How many such hospitals are now running in this and other
states? 1
: If you mean to include by the used of the word such, county hos-
pitals built by bond issues, I know of only one, namely, Haywood Coun-
I ' ty hospital. There are, however, two other county hospitals in North
I Carolina, one in Vance County, built by appropriations made by the
1 county commissioners, and another in Rutherford County, given by the -
! private owners to the county. Theer are, however, eighty public or
I community hospitals in North Carolina, hospitals operated without pri-
' vate gain, built by counties, towns, churches, and private philanthropies.
Yancey County is now building a county hospital which was provided
! for by a county bond issue.
i 2. How many in this State were built by the county voting bonds?
This question is answered in the answer to No. 1.
3. Name the counties in which your foundation has aided in
building hospitals and supplying funds for charity cases.
You will observe that in this question you have asked two ques-
tions, so that I will answer the question in two parts, (a) assistance in
the construction of hospitals, and(b) assisstance in the operation of
hopitals. The Duke Endowment only began to contribute to the con-
struction of hospitals in 1928. Under the terms of the Trust establish-
lishing The Duke Endowment the Trustees are not permitted to con-
tribute to the construction of hospitals until they have a surplus over
the requirements for operating hospitals. Last year we made appropri-
ations for the building, construction or additional equipment to the fol-
lowing projects, all of which were dependent, as in the case of Madison
County, upon local action.
Madison County, Yancey County, Buncombe County, McDowell
County, Avery County, Burke County, Polk County, Mecklenburg Coun-
ty, Davidson County, Forsyth County, Guilford County, Moore County,
Durham County, Vance County, and Brunswick County. As to contri-
buttons for the operation of hospitals, I direct your attention to Table
2-a, page 36 of our 1927 Report and Table 64, page 310, 1927 Report,
and also the hospital map of North Carolina following page 74 of the
same report. This report is being sent you under separate cover.
4 -a. Do you know of any county that ha bad such a hospital and
in which the people are dissatisfied and sorry they built it?
NORTH CAROLINA,
MADISON COUNTY.
REPORT OF GRAND JURY
FEBRUARY TERM 1929
To His Honor, Judge Michael
Schenck. Judee Presiding:
We, the Grand Jurors for the Feb
uary Term 1929, of the Superior
Court of Madison County, North
Carolina, beg to submit the following
report of our investigations.
We have diligently and carefully
investigated all presentments coming
before us and have returned indict
ments for all violations where the ev
dence was sufficient to show there
was probable cause.
We have inspected the county in
stitutions, including the County
Home. Jail and Court House.
I We find the County Home in good
,condition and the repairs are being
made that was recommended by the
Grand Jury at November Term 1928.
There were 18 inmates at the home.
From our inspection of the Court
House we find that the same is in
good condition and the offices well
kept.
Our inspection of the jail reveals
that there are seventeen prisoner
confined in the same. The sanitary
condition was found to be good, or as
good as could be expected. The
prisoners were questioned as to treat
ment received and food furnished
and all seem to be well pleased, and.
no complaint was heard from prison
ers. We found one lock in bad con
dition .and recommend that same re
paired with new lock at once. .Also .
one window to be repaired. We rec
ommend that the passage between the
back wall and the cage to be blocked
for the safety of keeping prisoners.
We have examined the record of
Guardians in Clerk's office and find
that a few have failed and neglected
to submit a report. We recommend
that an order be made requiring all
guardians to submit report at once,
according to law.
The Grand Jury recommends that
County Superintendent give special
instructions to all truck drivers and
teachers in the county relating to the
safety of school children in discharg
ing and receiving school children on
the public roads and high ways. That
there shall be signs placed on the
front and rear of every school bus
carrying the children relating to pass
ing said busses while discharging and
receiving school children on highways
and county roads.
Respectfully submitted,
L. F. TWEED, Foreman.
February 27th, 1929.
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If not, do you have reason to believe 'that the people are
pleased with it? k
If possible, please say how many are self-sustaining and how
many are not, the largest deficit, etc";
See Table 2-a, page 36, again. The deficit of the general hospitals
of North Carolina, as shown in that table, for the year 1927, is 8.2 per
cent over their income from patient and The Duke Endowment, which
deficit is made up and wiped out from sources indicated by a note at
the foot of the table, page 37. I do not happen to have a table with
the eighty hospitals in North Carolina, showing in each particular case
income from all sources, surplus and deficits, by which I could answer
your question 5 more specifically. I am sending you also with the 1-927
report our 1926 report, and you may find Chapters II, III and VI of in
terest. ' !
With kindest personal regards, I am '
Very sincerely yours,
W. S. RA'NKIN, M. D., Director.
These references to their reports of 1926 & 1927 would require
more space to explain than we can give to this matter in this issue.
The Ministerial Conference at Mars
Hill College wishes to offer its servic
es freely and gladly on week-ends to
any pastor, any congregation, any
near community, where and when
there is ministering in the name of
Christ to be done. The Conference
is composed of over thirty ministerial
students and holds itself in readiness
to answer any call ; to preach, to heln
in Sunday School and other young
people's church work; to hold prayer
meetings; anything in which a young
minister might help.
I The matter of transportation when
the call comes from a distance is per
, haps the only difficulty; but it will be
, met in as far as possible. The men
whoee names are signed below are
well known citizens and have gladly
agreed to act as oar committee of ex-
tension. Notify any one of these or
'phone N. S. Whitaker's store; or
write D. L. Stewart, Mars Hill, N. C.
S. M. STROUP.
L. Z. ELLER.
N. S. WHITAKER.
"The facial features plainly indi
cate character and disposition, " said
the knowing one. "In selecting your
wife, were you governed by her
chin?" he asked.
"No," replied the timid soul, "but
I have been ever since we were
married."
The Pathfinder.
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ship) Here, lady, take my life Dre-
Iserrer; it will save yon.
Miss Highbrow Sir I That illfittlng
thing 1 It's way oat of style and yon
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