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' MADISON COUNTY RECWD S Established June 28, 1901. .. FRENCH BROAD NEWS Established May 16, 1907. Consolidated November 2, 1911 " MARSHALL, N. C, FRIDAY, MAY 17, 1929 1300 VOL. XXI CLARENCE RAMSEY OF MARSHALL BODY OF BILL TYSON IS HELD UP IN MICHIGAN FOUND AT TAINT ROCK rHI NEWS-RECORD M AA j-fc -. yL i r S price a year - )LW - i r i n n 77 fe J T31 V "o) FxN The PROGRESSIVE FARMER LJ A V (G (J A H UJ ?he .newrecord (Po or M f-l L. J jQ;WO?B U 1 LEa UA! liX THE ONLY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN MADISON COUNTY 10 Pages This Week WzZY wyH.cHwatt.tNiHc r - lis , WJV "SHfcU. VET 'VJOll Y , . I awe ib w m.Ht ' V3cm CORONER'S VERDICT TO BE RENDERED SATURDAY Almost exactly one week from the time Bi'l Tyson was drowned at San dy Bo'ftftm Wednesday of last week his bjy was found Wednesday May 15, a ftut four o'clock at Paint Rock. Tbjt Body was brought to Marshall tir evening and viewed by quite a Aber of people, as the doctors ex ined the body to see if the dedeas id had been th victim of foul play It is alleged that Bill was struck by "Wild Bill" Anderson before he fell into the river. Witnesses are in prison here to testify to that fact. Meanwhile Anderson is at large. It will be recalled that several boys in company with Miss Cora Anderson of the Sandy Bottom section, were on a boat which is used as a ferry at this point in the French Broad Pivpr. Wednesday afternoon of last week when Tyson fell overboard and was drowned. It was alleged that he was struck or slapped about the face before he fell, following a quar rel between the dead bojr, age 21, and Bill Anderson. Examination of the body after it had been recovered showed a bruise or scar about the forehead, but of course this could have been the result of striking a gainst rocks. During this week the river has been dragged and almost a continuous search kept up by Tyson's father, assisted by quite a number of people from time to time. However, it became the good fortune of Mr. Roy Ricker and another man at Paint Rock to find the body floating Wed nesday evening. This is about twelve miles from the scene of the drowning. The body was so swollen and decomposed that recognition was largely by what he was known to be wearing when last seen. The body was prepared for burial at the O. C. Rector establishment and taken to the home of his father, where funeral services and interment followed Thursday afternoon. Other evidence in the case will be heard Saturday before the verdict of the coroner's jury is rendered. MARSHALL SCHOOL CLOSES The school at Marshall came to a close Monday night. May 13, with the address by Dr. Bateman, followed by the awarding of diplomas, prizes, and certificates of excellence and promotion. However, the play, "The Touch-Do.vn," was given Tuesday night quite effectively by the young er people of the high school, coached by Miss Madge Tweed and Mr. C. W. Ball.ird. A large 'attendance Was present and quite a fine sum of mon ey realized from both this and the Senior Class play a few weeks ago. George Gwinn Roberts of near Pe tersburg was given the prize in the declamation contest and -Miss Jessie May Ramsey won the prize in the recitation contest. Rujth Dennis, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Den nis, was given special recognition for having a perfect attendance rec ord throughout her grammar grade years. Miss Nellie Crough had the distinction of having made a perfect attendance record for the past year, and Miss Mary Morrow had the very rare distinction of having a perfect attendance record from the begin ning of her school course to her grad uation, not having, missed a day and not having been tardy a single time in eleven years. She and Miss Crough were the only two in the se nior class who had this record for this year. MADISON GIRL GRADUATES AT DIX HILL HOSPITAL The graduating exercises of the Dix Hill Hospital, Raleigh, N. C., were given Saturday evening, May 11, 1929. In the class there was a Madison County girl graduate, Miss Allie M. Wilson, of Marshall, R. 1. HOME DEE AGENTS COLUMN- COUNTY COUNCIL The County Council met Saturday morning at 10 o'clock at the Court House. The County Dress RevieWwas planned for the latter part of June, the exact date to be announced later. Mrs. McKinnion, our State Home Dem onstration Leader, will be the main feature of the program. We hope to have Miss Hunter, our Clothing Specialist, and Vme woman frttm each of , the. clubs. The dresses are to be made by the women themselves from cotton material and the founda- uua patient tney aro worung on. They will also put on a Snowdrift cake contest in connection with this to raise money to send the delegate, Mrs. Bobel Redmon, of Little Pine; to the State Federation of Home .Clubs, which meets in Raleigh the reek of July 5. Mrs. Sarah Porter Ellis, District Home Demonstration Agent fare . ut a very intereUrx discussion of "The- Plains' ef Home Demonstration Work." , , , . . . The Big Laurel girls club is very enthusiastic over their work. They completed their bags and nightgown patterns were drafted and gowns cut at the last meeting. This Club had to miss several meetings on account thin winter, bud have I kept their work up with the other 1 clubs of the County. They are hav I ing a "Better Biscuit Contest" as I their minor project and two of the ' girls are also raising poultry. I The Women's Club at Hot Springs Una the lnrcpst membership in the County and is very interested in their projects. From the hat lesson there has been 54 hats made by the Club members and other people of Hot Springs, which means a saving of $169.02 for that one community for their hats this one season and the principle will be carried from season to season. SCHEDULE FOR .NEXT WEEK Monday 10:00 Hot Springs. Tuesday 2:00 Beech Glenn. I Wednesday 10 :30 Big Laurel girls j 1:30 Big Laurel women. 1 Thursday 1:30 Hot Springs girls i Friday 10:30 Little Pine girls, j 1:30 Little Pine women. Will They Be Better? The suggestion of Rev. Dr. Fos dick that sermons should be few er and better" is a good one if there should be guarantee that the latter desideratum would be reach ed. Undoubtedly preachers do the best they can, but if they had to prepare fewer sermons they could improve the quality. Con sidering the multiplicity of duties imposed upon the average pastor and rector, the wonder is that he can achieve so much. Many could truly say as did one divine o -his congregation: "I hope you will excuse me for preaching a long sermon this morning. I was ' so busy with many things last week I did not have time to pre pare a short one." The program for fewer and better sermons recalls the remark of Rev. Dr. Robert Hall, the dis tinguished British preacher, who iwhen asked how many sermons a minister could prepare in a week said: "If he is a scholar and a saint, he may manage by hard i.vork to make one good discourse in a week; if he is on ordinary man, he may make two. But if he is an ass, sir" he can make any number." This would vindicate the prac tice of some ministers "turning over their barrel" every few years, and would give some justi fication for no preacher remain ing too long with one congrega tion unless "he is a scholar and a saint" with a congregation made up of like fine qualities. Charlotte Observer SCOUT EXPEDITION1 Western North Carolina and the Great Smoky fountains National Park are already receiving wide spread publicity from the announce ment of the exploring expedition to be sent into the wildest parts of the park area in June. The Boy Scout organization of Western North Caro lina is now conducting a contest to select the best qualified boy to be a member of this adventurous expe dition. Nearly a thousand boys in West ern North Carolina are eligible to compete for this trip. While only one boy can win the trip, numerous prizes and medals will be awarded the boys who make the best showings in their troops and districts. The awards will be made by the Asheville Times, sponsor of the expedition. The ex-: ploring party will consist of a report-1 er and a photographer from the ' Times' staff and the winning Boy Scout. j The -North Carolina Park Commis sion, and numerous Chambers of Commerce, civic organizations and, outdoor sportsmen throughout West ern North Carolina have endorsed this expedition and are cooperating it. The primary purpose of the ven-, ture is to boost the national park and Western North Carolina bv giving them national publicity and adver-! tising their attraction to the world. ' The exploring party will leave on! the expedition from Bryson City, June 8, following a public ceremony, in which leaders in the park move- j ment and others will participate. The ! expedition will be one about month, j Carrier pigeons will be used . to send ' occasional messages out of the prim eval forest and for emergency com munication if necessary . : i ' ;. i . Speakine- of fruit, the first aoola caused a lot of trouble for .the first --' Chickens that coma noma tbrbokt '.. Kara mora sense than some. popl - -WHEN VIE THOUGHT Ht HAD ' WORRIES HftD SOME. FlNWClftL 5 . - TWO WRECKS NEAR MAR SHALL THE SAME NO SERIOUS INJURIES B U BOTH QUITE DANGEROUS Mr. Porter Shelton and Miss Emma Hensley of Carmen drover over to Marshall Wednesday morning to call Dr. Ditmore to a patient in that sec tion. Dr. Ditmore on his car took the lead, the other two following closely behind. As they were near : THE PUBLISHER'S : ABOUT THE USE OF SOAP AND WATER Notice we are using very small and familiar words in the a bove headline in the hope that it will attract attention of those most needing to heed this suggestion. Usually people sufficiently intelligent to read editorials in a newspaper do not need such a suggestion as we are making, but we have a hope that in some way, whether by direct reading or by being passed along, the idea will get across to somebody who ought to take a bath. There are so many people, even in this en lightened country of ours, who do not seem to realize the importance of this matter. Because they seem to be in good health, they do not seem to think it necessary to bathe often. Perhaps tliey have the idea that the purpose of bathing is to preserve health, and so long as they are well, what's the use? We dare : :'.y that many a person is taken to a hospital who hardly knows what a bath is. When the nurses prescribe this form of treatment, the patient submits, as it is a matter of life and death with him, but really he can hardly see the need for it even then. We wonder how many nurses and doctors would agree with this statement. Most of these people who are so averse to washing themselves with soap and water seldom, if ever, take into considera tion, the people they go with. They take an altogether selfish view of the matter. They should take a bath for the sake of other people as well as for their own sake, but that doesn't seem to occur to them. The old saying that cleanliness is next to godliness has no meaning for them. It is true that there are many poor people who have very poor facilities for bathing. Many of them have never seen a real bath tub, much less to own one and have running water in it. And people who do not have such conveniences are to be pitied. Often large families occupy very small houses and conditions are not conducive to cleanli ness, but the right kind of person will find a way or make one to keep clean. There is hardly a person anywhere who cannot some way, somehow, find a little soap and water and cloth to apply it. They can also wash their clothes if they have no other way of laundering them, and when a person has taken a bath and put on clean clothes he not only feels better, but he mbkes everybody else feel better that he goes with. While frequent bathing and changing of clothes is desirable at all seasons, especially is it necessary in warm weather. WHO IS HE HITTING AT NOW? Nobody. If this editorial were intended for any one person or any number of persons in particular, it would not be printed. If they needed the suggestion we might find some other way of getting it across other than printing it as an editorial. It is humiliating to write about such a matter, and we might never have had the courage to do so but for the suggestion of a doctor. If the suggestion hits you, for pity's sake don't blame this publisher. He doesn't know who will be hit, but he does hope that it will do some good. One of his editori als was recently taken to be a direct personal thrust when the person who thus construed it had not entered the mind of the writer in that connection. We have in mind some other matters which we believe ought to be said, but we feel sure that certain people would become of fended, thinking is was meant directly for them.when it really was in tended for people in general. In a small community where everybody knows everybody else, it is very hard to keep off other people's toes. But if you think you are stepped on, don't screech unless you are real ly hurt If you are offended to the point of being hot, perhaps a good application of soap and water might cool you off. PAINTING UP AND CLEANING UP ' In the spring a young man's fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love, but after they are married their thoughts may turn in some other direction in the spring. And one of those directions is toward cleaning np and painting up. There is nothing that improves the out side appearance of a house quite so much as paint And quite a num ber of people around Marshall are painting or having painting done a bout their homes. The yards are being cleaned up of rubbish and flowers being planted and the premises beautified. ; Now is the time .for yon to help nature beautify your home. - The planting of flowers at the railroad station should be eentacions. It no doubt has had its effect' Let's beautify oar town,' fill up the rut v on the street and . make it an area more attractive place far passers by.-r Let them re- v ti aa IfalBbaO th Beawttfnir v 'i ' Ay i A m. Tthe County Home, Dr. Ditmore no- ticed through his rear-view mirror that the car following was wavering and in an instant it was rolling down an embankment, turning over and over. He ran back expecting to find them both dead, as the car had turn ed over three times. The young lady got up and found that her ankle .was sprained. The young man was hard- COLUMN JIYI ON THE SKIN Thugs Arrested As Result Of Quick Action Mr. Clarence Ramsey, of Knox ville, Tenn., recently of Marshall, son of Mr. J. Morgan Ramsey, of i I Marshall,1 was held up last week by i two men whom he gave a lift in Ohio, j Mrs. Ramsey, who was teaching in i Marshall, saw her husband's picture j in a Knoxville paper having been in I formed by wire beforehand, and the ; story was to the effect that the two j men who were riding from a point in I Ohio to Dearborn, Mich., attempted 1 to compel Mr. Ramsey to drive them on to another city. He drove into a street car, wrecking his automobile. i 1 The two thugs tried to escape but ; were followed by Ramsey and officers and arrested. The account wjiich appeared in THE DETROIT NEWS l follows: : Robert Anderson, 36 years old, j held by the Detroit police on a rob bery armed charge, confessed Wed nesday night that his real name is Lemme Gross and that he twice has I escaped from the Colorado State j Penitentiary at Canon City, where he was sentenced for life in 1914 for j the slaying of a man during a holdup. ; He also is said to have escaped from an Oklahoma prison after kill ing a guard, and also from a Texas jail. Gross was arrested in Dearborn and turned over to the Detroit po lice. , Admits Identity Under Questioning by Detective- LieUt. Edward . Graff and SegV Al fbert Riith, eWnrf aRdthen said he Would staiveaxaraw dition and accompany the Colorada officers who are on their way here to get him. Gross is called by Colorada author- WHEN TO WORK If you I If you are poor work, are rich continue to 1 work. I If you are burdened with seem I ingly unfair responsibilities 1 work. ! If you are happy keep right on working. Idleness gives room ! for doubts and fear. I If disappointments come work ' If sorrow overwhelms you, and I loved ones seem not true work. I When faith falters and reason fails just work. When dreams are shattered and hope seems dead work. Work as if your life were in peril. It really is. No matter what ails you work. Southern News Bulletin. ly hurt at all. They were running about 50 miles an hour when the ac cident occurred. The same day, Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Gregory were return ing from Bumsville when the appli cation of the brakes on a slick piece of road near Ivy threw the truck a gainst the side of a concrete bridge, throwing Mrs. Gregory against the windshield, somewhat cutting and bruising her about the face. She was treated at the Marshall hospital. JOHN FRANK PONDER, OF MADISON, TAKES OWN LIFE John Frank Ponder, 40, city re porter for R. G. Dun and Co., and native of Madison County, N. C, died at 10:45 A. M., Monday at Riv-ersile-Fort Sanders hospital, Knox ville, Tenn., from self-inflicted wounds caused by a razor blade, zor blade, knife and ice pick. He was found in the bathroom at his home 1604 Forrest avenue, Sun day night by his wife. He had been in the bathroom some time and it was believed he was taking a bath, as he had left the water running. When found he was suffering from wounds on- the throat, wrist and el bow, also a stab wound from the ice pick was found on the body. He was sent to the hospital by a physi cian called to. the home to administer to hink : y,; After the ;d earth was reported from the hospital Coroner W. S. McCarty said Ponder committed suicide. Ponder had been despondent for several days. It is believed ill health caused his despondency. A Tha victim went from Wheeling, W. Va., to Knoxville, Tenn., a year ago. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Esther Ponder. . 5 U. , The', body wast taken to If ana's mortnary . in ; Knoxville. It was browght to Marshall, If. C, for fa aeral and ibntial, i leaving Knaxville Tuesday morning. ,. - - ..-r kies the most elusive gunman in the history of the state. Gross was arrested by the Dear born police after he and Bernard Zukozky, 18, tried to hold up Clar ence Ramsey, of Knoxville, Tenn., in Ramsey's automobile, Tuesday night. Ramsey picked them up in Findlay, O., and drove them to Dearborn, where they pulled pistols on him. He drove into a street car and fol lnwpH t.hpm when thev tried to es cape, finally catching them hiding be hind a nouse. Refuses Details Gross said he met Zukozsky in Memphis and was coming with him in Dptroit.. whore, thev understood. the holdup field is fertile. Gross reiused to give the details of either of his escapes from the ColnrnHn nrison. To do SO. he said. I would be dangerous to a friend who ( i.:n i : 51111 IS 111 )l 13UII. REARING OF TROUT Waynesville, N. C. R 3, May 10, 1929. News-Record, Marshall, N. C. Dear Mr. Story: I am enclosing a letter from Mr. Riger about trout and the rearing of trout in pools. A number of us now have a plan under way for one or two pools in Madison. Perhaps this letter might lead some one else to see the possibilities. Trusting that you may be able to stir some enthusi asm through your paper and thereby render a valuable service to your readers who respond, I am, Very truly yours, H. W. COOK. Mr. H. W. Cook, Waynesville, N. C. Dear Mr. Cook: Yours of the 7th instant, relative to the splendid results obtained while transporting the fish from the Morri son Hatchery to your streams in Madison County, has been received. It is a pleasure to read your tho rough report, on the distribution of aia, spuyviwva uuf ; - well as the numerous other appli cants, will make it possible for tlSe state hatcheries to show wonderful results in restocking the numerous and splendid streams of the moun i tain section. The construction of suitable rear i ing ponds in your county for the pur i pose of rearing the fish to an advanc ! ed fingerling stage before planting : would be the solution of having well stocked streams in your section. I hope you can fulfill your desire along i this line and be able to work out a I plan for such arrangements in the ! near future. We will be pleased to allot a liberal allotment of fish to your county for such purposes. If we j can be of service to you in planning Ll. : 1 ,lf; Lilt? rearing punua uu proper water supply, do not hesitate to call on us. Very truly yours, FRANK, J. RIGER, Supt. SCHOOL FOR MINISTERS Raleigh, May 14 The fifth session of the School for Ministers, operated under the auspices of the Baptist State Convention, will be held at Meredith College, Raleigh, beginning Monday, June 3, and continuing till Thursday noon, June 13. More than 300 ministers and their wives attended the session last year. A great many more are expected this year, because the program has been specially adapted to all who de sire to do and for of Christian work. Dr. W. R. Cullom, Wake Forest, is the dean of the school, and Rev. Walter M. Gilmore, Raleigh, the busi ness manager. Board in the Meredith College dining room will be $1.25 a day. Each guest furnishes his own bed linen, toilet articles, etc. The faculty this year includes the following teachers from the three theological seminaries of Southern Baptists, and from Wake Forest and Meredith Colleges, and other outstan ding preachers and laymen: Dr. J. M. Price, Southwestern Theological Seminary, Fort Worth, Texas ;Ur. W. O. Carver, Southern Baptist Theo logical Seminary, Louisville, Ky.; Dr. W. W. Hamilton, Baptist Bible In- , stitute, New Orleans; Dr. L. E. M. Freeman, Meredith College, Raleigh; Dr. .Frank Pendleton Gaines, Wake Forest College; Dr. Hubert McNeil Potest Wake Forest College ; Dr. Ed , win M. Potent pastor Second Bap tist Church, Atlanta, Ga.; Dr. George J. Burnett Associate Secretary of ' the Baptist Brotherhood of tha South, ' . Memphis, Tenn.; Miss Katie Murray, returned missionary from 'China. - Irvine; Ton ought to be in tha i talking movies. . - , v Frances Yeth, thnraetie, 1 rueth you're right The Pathfinder., v ;. Jimmy XV doesMnoney talk . tot s yon? r ! - Pa Yes, son,.-, bat only aroken English. Tha Fathfiader.