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' 1 MIX I 1 I "t t 1 v 1 - t . . I ' , i 1 ' - i , 1 , k ft . ,'7, sV',('' : 3:-r;"Mi MADISON COUNTY RECORD, V ' ."V Established June 28. 1091. iiisnEws-KEgqao enAiv ,1 : .. , :r r-.r: . 1 . t . - t. PRICE A YEAR .cw; :SL- JLt JZl F A- f 1-, V H '-V f, Vir 'A Vt fFRWCH BROAD NEWS : (-f Wfr r BtablUhed'May 1$. 1907, J-V.jf- Ceasolfdatod NT.mbfer , 1011 : The' PROGRESSIVE THE NEWS-RECORD - BOTH A YEAR FOR. THE ONLY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN MADISON COUNTY if . v J 'i' ' '"4: -.! i ! i ' ' 1 8 Page This Week; VOL. XXI , i, MARSHALL, N.C., FRIDAY 21,1929 1300 GAMP (ffiUBE fri CROWDS; ATTENDING.RH0D0DEPRON ' MARSHALL? AGAIN SOON IN ASHEVILLE NOW . FESTIVAL X MR. BILL SIMPSON HERE PRE PARING CAMPS j The people of Marshall are glad to Know that the camp for girls, which has been a custom for the, last pey eral years, will be open again this summer at the Fortner site same as last year. MrBill Simpson; son bf Rev. Mr. Simpson, is now in Marahall prepar ing the camps for the girls who are usually here in July and August. TRI-COUNTY BALL LEAGUE FORMED A Base Ball League has just been organized by three counties: Madi son, Transylvania and Haywood. The four teams come from Marshall, Bre vard, Pisgah Forest and Canton. It is hoped that it will bring something interesting as well as entertainment to Western North Carolina. In order to show your appreciation, you should attend all the games that is ' possible. Marshall has some beauti ful baseball suits. See them Satur day. Don't fail to see their first home town game Canton vs Mar shall. Following is" the schedule for this season: June 8 Canton at Brevard, , - Pisgah at Marshall. June 16, Brevard at Canton ; 1 ' Marshall at Pisgah. June 22, Pisgah at Brevard i , . . Canton aft Marshall June 29, Brevard at Pisgah MjFlsgah at Canton. July 6, Marshall at Brevard Pisgah at. Canton. July 13, Brevard at Marshall ,X Canton at Pisgah July 20, Canton at Brevard " - 'X'ji. Pisgah at Marshall' July 27, Brevard at Canton ...... . Marshall at Pisgah August 3, Pisgah at Brevard : , i . j , Canton at Mar Aucuat.10. Brevard at piazah ' 1 Marshall t Canton August 17, Marshall at Brevard r , ' . Pisgah at' Canton August 24, Brevard at Marshall " Canton at Pisgah August 31, Canton at Brevard Pisgah at Marshall Sept. 7, Brevard at Canton Marshall at Pisgah Sept. 14, Pisgah at Brevrd( Canton at Marshall Sept. 21, Brevard at Pisgah Marshall at Canton Sept. 28, Marshall at Brevard Pisgah at Canton Oct. 5, Brevard at Marshall Canton at Pisgah Official Time 3:30 P. M. ""July zu, risgan at Marshall a Double header. MIRROR ACTS AS BRAKE BERLIN. Dr. Baeseler, German scientist; has successfully demonstrat ed over 4000 times a new device o stop trains by means of a mirror. A i mirror of many facets is placed in a semaphore signal and the light from the . oncoming locomotive is : ?:cksd: cp' and thrown back to a se- lenium cell on .the engine.. .. This, in turn, works the brakes, bringing the train to a stop within a ttrw feet. AAiu MJFMJKfM. m. aeujiia , Atlanta fi. Ti.ma OA JTl ..k. W dule to ho fnllnwAi rfnrW th last cuarleeton," fi,rst (ocomoJve ut in tne united states' lor actual er- vice, which has been reproduced by . the Southern - Railway System, will be k-tokinvi-My:i. Thursday, June 27th: Leave Ashe- villo 7:00. A, M. TCentral Time,)' ar- J i..aa a r . . rive at craggy i :ou a. m., Alexan der 9:35 A. M., Marshall 11:10 A. M. Barnard 1:20 P. M. Hot Sprigs at -20 P, M. and remain for. night.- This will be a great attraction to anyone interested in the progress of our country, to see the grdwth from t this tiny locomotive used In the first i days of railroading and then come on up through .time past' and view the ; aiighty mogul engine of the present day. come, see this s .It may be .; many a cay before the opportunity presents itseii again. INSULTED AT CHURCH " t (Harrodsburg (Ky.) Herald " -..'V . a v A member of one of Mercer's rural . churches tells Topics the following: 'A brother in the congregation who is somewhat deaf, recently promised the church five dollars when he sold a - calf. The bovine went to market. Time passed and the contribution ' was not forthcoming. Last Sunday the man went to church and the choir f sang that sweet old hymn, "The Half ; Haa Never Yet Besn To'd.". ; Anger, er, the .delinquent brother let it be. known that he never intendetf to' go to that church f:n. Pre!ed for a reason ;h sai4 cbn'r' ' 1 insulted . him by s'-'ir ? CklX i.as Never Yet Lee'n isoiX" . MARSHALL BOY HONORED William G. Roberto, son of Mr. and Mrs. Guy V. Robert, of Marshall, has been chosen first orderly for the commanding of fiear. Col. Robertas in ' chsrve of the Citizens' f Military Training f Cimp i Fort Oglethorpe, U. This is quite an honor tot Rob erts as he was chosen from a group of 600 young; men. He was chosen because he !w? so-i-Tory jieat in his dress. This is his second year in camp and he is now taking the red course. Advertising And Chewin g Gum They tell a iiory about Wm. Wrig ley, Jr., the chewing gum man.' He was crossing the country on a crack train when an individual who had learned that Mr. Wrigley was aboard came to him and introduced himself. After talking awhile he said to Mr. Wrigley, "Why do you continue fo spend such a tremendous sum of money on advertising every year? You're established now; I suppose more of your gum 4s sold in this country than all the others put to gether. And still von continue to pour hundreds of thousands of dol lars Into advertising. Is It ; really necessary7 r,t Wriirley elanced 4ut of -tha win dow. 'How fast are we traveling?" the asked. ?: ! ': J.-'Ji he.Urt . .v.Hii . Jnanlaitor lookd .nuzzled. WhAt 'luid the speed oi the train to do with chewing 'gum advertising, he wondered "Why, the trairt, is said to average sixty piiles an. hour," be newefed.','ii-'-(1r.j jw!rii,2hi ' ' 'Now , nDto:" i aaid WrisHev. i&fcstfaeiwtc long 10 you tmnit we a continue to travel at that rate of speed?" , "Not very , long, of course,' ad mitted his visitor.. ..- "That's how it would be with my business if I let up on my advertis ing," was Wrigley s next statement. "Momentum would carry . this train along for quite a distance, it's true. But it would be slowing up all the time. So will any business if its mo tive force it cut off." "Doctor, can you cure me of snor ing? I snore so loud that I awake myself." In that case I would advise you to sleep in onother room." Clipped. "By the way, old man, how's that new Florida bungalow of yours get ting on?" "fine we've just had. her hauled out and put in drydock so we can get the cellar painted." Clipped. Ancient "Mr. Brown, I believe? My grandson is working .in , your office."- :.W??f Brown "O, yes! He went tou jour funeral last week." Bulletin.- ' : Stranger: "Rastus, do the. people who Hve across the road from you keep chickens?' " , .. . .v Rastus : ."Dey keeps some ob dem, ah." , 'AvV;;-,v.., ; " NOT BEFORE CHILDREN .f, . vvr. If I don't get sick an tired, of this life. It's nothing but work from morning till night . I'd just as soon be dead a to go 'on living like this." She was a tired moth er. No . doubt about that. - And no doubt but that she had good reason to feel spent and discour aged. She may have had every good reason for uttering these words. ! She had no good Teason for uttering them before her chil-dren.,KiM:-;-iv-y,-fVft;vi,V(. "Things are getting worse ' and worse at the shop. , I had a row with the boss todays There's no Justice anywhere. ' The working man gets the poor end of every ,thlnsr. No wonder there . areM'so-. 1 many 'reds' in the Country.,4'A weary father discouraged at the end 4; a hard day,' thus "spoke his mind" at the supper table. - May be he was justified in feeling dis satisfied. , He wasn't justified in expressing that dissatisfaction be fore his children." '.' Parents should present a brave front' to their girls and boys. "Father and mother should be ex amples of courage and cheerfuW hess to their children, no matter how dissatisfied they may inward ly be witR life. 'Youth is natur ally hopeful, eager, and confident.-: Jt should not be discouraged. It should fee made to feel that-for- i t'tude, r trsvcr". n! M-he Jn the face of discouragement are the 6nly things that count - Only with such example ever before it' in the noma ci youth go forward to meet iu t..Ues.':.' I planted a rose in my Where nothing was growing at all: I gave it my tenderest care , V In winter and summer and fall. It bloomed in the beautiful Springtime And filled all the air with) Berf ume. How barren my garden would be V Without Ithat fair rose ahdits blflom! A daughter came into my w, A rose for my Garden of 3U)ve: I cherish her there in that garden, ; My gift from the great power, above. I've made her my pal arid rfly:comrade No sweeter communion could bo Than ours in its fullness anJ beauty She's sister and daughter o me. I hope, as my hair turns to silver, . ' ' As earth and its cares fade iway, - Our hearts will draw closer and. closer As heaven draws nearer each day God grant us an endless communion. Above in HIS garden ofair The bloom of this earthly communion . Forever and ever tip thewr'r ARE SOUTHERN STATSSTim Mi? , In a scathing reply to e' editorial of - a Chicago, newspapefciiuotedt as pointing the finger ofishame: at the South: Holland's. The Jlaeaiine of the So i5 ,.th" "Utteir ano amazing ignorance nov only of the South but of our country as a whole, is revealed in a recent editorial in. the. Chicago Daily Tri ibune entitled 'Public life in the S'cks States,' ' which takes note of Louisiana and her political problems, of Oklahoma's impeachment trials, of the 'Mar Ferguson episode in Texas and of Bilbo of Mississippi but l.vhich does not mention, oddly e nough, Al Capone or Len Small of Illinois and goes on to say that the Southern States) &t remote from centers of commercial activity, cul ture, and learning, and are the 'shame of the Nation.' "After the first wave of surprise at a crass display of sheer ignorance, we are amused at being termed the 'shame' of anything by a newspaper in such an abattoir as Chicago, with its putrid politics, its guarded elect ions., its gangster-ruled streets, its St. Valentine's Day slaughters, its beer "barons,' and its neighboring Herrins and Ciceros. Political dis putes in the Sputhern States at least are settled in courts of law, and not with machine guns. The Southern States have no unseated United States Senators, nor does any of their Senators send a floral offering qnd his personal card to a gangster's funeral. ". . '- : "The South, in aix, years, increased its manufactured products values $567,000,000. In those same six years, manufacturing values in the rest of the country decreased S279, 509,000. Southern ports handle 42 per cent of the country's water-borne tonnage. . Over 61 per cent of all active cotton spindles" in the Nation are in the South. Such . facts as these are endless. If this be remote ness from commercial activity, make the' most of itj.T- - v? 1 "The south was steeped in culture and learning, and -its cities were the sites of recognized colleges and uni versities more than three-quarters of a century before Chicago came into existence. Its first college was f oun- In fact, when Chicago was founded, there already were 40 universities and colleges in the South as against only 20 in the Middle West and 36 in the remaining States; "Two,, of these Southern collejres were in Louis ' iana and Mississippi. , I . iinu. . . i "The second college founded on A- merican soil was in a Southern State 1 The College of William and Wary, at Williamsburg,,. Virginia, in il698. Only one other university was foun ded in America during that century Harvard, in 1636, located in Mas sachusetts, which is not a Middle Middle M&t state; - ' & jfy ' "In the eighteenth century, begin ning with.'the founding of Washing ton and Lee University at Lexington, Virginia, in 1749, the South saiw 18 colleger and - universities founded within its borders, and 14 founded in the rest of the eountryv. No college - " v wu iounaea in . the ;T;it taring that century, 4 v ine nrst American college estab lished in the nineteenth century was the University of South Carolina, at Columbia, ; in 1801 the- fifteenth Southern university t be ; founded garden, prior to the' establishment of any such institution-in the, Middle West. Be fore the fouadinir of Chicago's first Qniveraity; the South had 58 colleges annni or&fesw, ; Of these three were in Texas, iwo'ln Lonfeiiana, ah4 to the learned Tribune, 'remote from culture and learning.' "Of the two-score Southern uni versities founded, while Chicago was still but an idea' in a trader's mind, one was W.esleyan, in Macon, Geor gia, the oldest woman's college in the world, and the first to award a de gree to a woman. Subsequent South em colle-sres. precedinir Chicago's first, included the famous Baylors in Texas, in 1845 Baylor College for women and Baylor University. "'Today there are in the Southern States 189 recognized colleges and universities. The Middle West has only 116. The remainder of the country has 275 "In justice to the Middle West, the iNortn, and the Jast, it should ibe.un derstood and stated that this ridicu lous ediorial in the Tribune does not reflect the attitude and opinion of ! the. Public in . those secUons toward and regarding the Southern States. but is actuated probably by jealousy and is indicative of a narrow policy that has characterized the Tribune's attitude toward the South for many years. Business men in Chicago and the Middle West know its utter false ness, and it is to the interes of those same business men many of whom seek southern patronage to see that such misstatements are not circulat ed in the future. "If the editorial writers for the Tribune are weary of recording mur ders, gang fights, and bootlegging in Chicago as they have reason to be and are merely seeking a new sub ject, we suggest that they choose one on which they have more information. A little knowledge is a dangerous thing, but none at all is gross ignor ance. r. BIBLE CLASS HONORS MR. HENRY AND' FAMILY The Woman's Bible Class of the Methodist church met at the home of Mrs. Carl Stuart on Monday night. June 10th, for an evening of informal fun. The. diversions of the evening were centered around the idea of "Cotton," following its cycle from the cotton exchange cotton field, to the mills and the finished products. , Delicious refreshments were served to about forty. . At this time the class bade farewell to Mr. Homer Henry and hi fam ily, who have lived in our community for the past eight years,- and iwho have been very active - in church work. The Methodist church loses faithful workers and it is with great regret that we see Mr. Henry and his family go to other fields. , i "The price of the alarm clock- was one dollar and fifty cents, but I got a discount' so it only cost me ninety eight cents." i . H -"'; r-. . - "Yes. but- yon could- nave rot -the same thing at Bailey's for seventy five cents, : . -,.-.,..-.. .. , That may be, but theft Bailer's wouldn't have taken awthing off." Good Hardware.' v-t - .v. RECORD TROUT CAUGHT Front 1 the waters of Laurel River several miles west of here recently, Mr. E. R. Tweed, pres ident of the Citizens Bnk of Marshall, captured what is be lieved to be the record trout tak en from a stream in this section a 27-inch rainbow. Mr. Tweed used Jt shiaII No. 12 fflv Anil AA not expect such a large specimen I to seize such' a small artificial lure. Consequently, he had a dif I ficult battle before landing the trout. NEW YEAR'S DAY IN CHINA Dear Editor: We are in the midst of the Chinese Big Feast Chinese New Year. Every one's birthday, comes on this day. Should a child be born in even the last hour of the last day of the old year it would be two years old.,, on New Years. New Year came on Sun day, Feb. 10th. Every store was closed. Al work stopped. But it was not quiet. It was like many Fourth of July's in one. Oh! the fire-crackers 1 At midnight I was wakened by a vast broadside of large and small firecrackers and they kept it up for days. In the morning the ground was cpyered as by red snow the. McoafcfeWi" of exploded fire-works. Fire-cracker are but a part of the feast the noisy part. The last day of the year every body is busy the men at closing up their, accounts- All bills, must be collected and all debts paid. Woe be the, man .who does not pay, his debts. The women are very busy. The house must be made as clean as a pin and decorated, and the brooms hidden bad luck if they appear on New Year. Before the New Year sun rises all .kinds of, foods must be gotten j-eady !?? Gnests-manjMrwiU come during those days and they .must be feasted. Jew people slumber the. last night of the old year. . But -when the sun rises, calm j v,J.l-,L. L.1J A- rtsiKus over :ine . nousenuiu. as one (walks out between 6 and 9 a. m., the whole town is asleep. Sunday in deed! But excitement arouses them and about 10 o'clock you'll find the streets alive with people dressed in their best,' bib and tucker and you hear, "Kong Hyt Fah-dzai" Congra tulations,, and abounding wealth to you, shouted from one to another. The closed doors are plastered with appropriate sayings written on blood red strips of paper. Go to open spaces of the city and see crowds en circling puppet shows, acrobats, mon key performers, squirming dragons, entertainers of all kinds, and pedlars of sweets and children's toys Vani ty Fairly Go to the temples and you find thousands ' burning incense and candles before all the idols, praying for wealth, old age and bliss. One interesting god connected with the New .Year is the god of wealth which is worshipped especially on the 5th his birthday. The money spent on fire-crackers in his honor ould pay China's national debt. Few begin work Again until he is properly worshinnado.a Another is the kitchen- god. His J?per god and sits over the stove in 'the kitcnen where he spies on the doings of the family for a year, un tne zata ox tne lztn month he is given a big feast Sweet syrup is nut on his mouth and he is nut in, a beautiful naner sedan chair and burned in glorious style, accom panied by fire-works which is send ing him- tevtbeUpper-god to report on their .year's donigs all this fuss and 'sweetness' ' is to bribe him to soeak well of, their family to his naj esty. When? jie returns on the last night of the did year a new idol is bought end. placed with little cere mony in the old nich it will be a year before he reports again why "taffy" him now? s x v ,lo luoi-worsnip KamuiuiK takes a big nlace in New Year cele- brations-g a m b 1 i n g everywhere! What theyVeat and drink, and the fire-crackers, and gambling, all, in some wayof ptber, symbolize or point 10 vne : sauna -nao-wn -"-exceisiori in Tthe sensB of rising high in wealth and station especially in - wealth. It's indeed a wonderfully interesting time, and is indulged in even, by beg garsfor they receive a harvest of alms ''v ty.A't-v-tr-K'-iSi -'" ' . Thet'dhUt' Government order ed thaj- Chinese' New Year should not be .observed this year: ' It might as weft have tried to turn tack the greatest tidal wave in history I . Na tional 'eoTOmanos Stop the observance of 'Chinese-' Nw" Year's customs?! Only the "tron version of these, people to Christ ' will stop this idol worship and lea & the worship of the. true God. ; ; And U. os the glad part or it is that a?h year more leave the false and adopt the .true as the Chinese one by on are born anw. yff are not ..oiscoaraged. Pray much for China. Kindest regards nd best wishes. i'ii" -,-. -v;. v . , . ; . a Yo; in" Christ s glad service, tJ (. i:., G.,C HALLOCK. EN- The 'Rhododendron Festival in Asheville is meeting with quite a success this year. The mountain floiwer is now in its beauty and crowds from all over the United States are visiting the "Land , of the Sky." The floats Tuesday were the most beautiful and most effective ever seen there. Marshall and Madison County re joiced with Asheville in the success of the occasion. THE SCHOOL INDEBTEDNESS The school indebtedness of Madi son County is in round numbers $301,000, $58,000 bonds in former years for current expenses and $243,000 state loans for the erection of school houses. Loans for the Spring Creek school will add approx imately $40,000 to the indebtedness. Walnut wants a new building, White Rock must have consideration, Mars Hill needs an elementary school building, and other places need ad ditions and equipment and repairs. The Board of Education hoped to relieve some of these needs and had provided for them fin its tentative budget. All had been led to believe that the new school law would pro vide relief in the matter of the school tax. But such is not the case. The equalization fund helps to take care of salaries of teachers (around $100, 000) and transportation of pupils (up to 10,000) and provides $68,000 for this purpose. The county tax provid ed for in the new lalw with fines, etc., will furnish the remaining $47,000. In addition the county must pro vide for interest and payment on the three hundred thousand dollars or debt This alone amounts to $81,000, or 80 cents on the hundred. Them many of the buses -must be replaced and two new. buses bought for Spring1 Creek; drivers and janitors, fuel and MANY MADISON PEOPLE JOYING OCCASION gas,. , maintenance- a fl, .1 eperatmgrU funds, office expenses and Incidentals ' estimated interest on maney .that must be .. borrowed during the year ($3000) ec, are consant and neces sary expenses which must be taken care of all amounting to more than $30,000 after being cut to the quick. It will be difficult to keep the tax rate for schools alone down to $1.00. If the needs of all the school districts were included the rate would be $1.20. The rate last year was 97 cents. It is no time to increase taxes even for schools, and certainly no further indebtedness is possible if we are to be saved from bankruptcy. What is the remedy? Who has one to sug gest? R. L. MOORE. Mars Hill, N. C. June 14, 1929. Suit To Be Brought On Certificate of Tax Sales Not Re- I have urged all persons whose land has been sold for taxes 1927 and before 1927 to come forward and redeem their Jand by paying the taxes for which the land ts sold, set out in the Certificates of Tax Sales. There are still several hun dred of these Tax Sales Certificates that have not been redeemed. I have been as lenient about this matter as the law will permit In Buncombe and other counties thousands of suits have been brought to foreclose the Tax Sales Certificates. I have tried to get by without bringing suit wherever it is possible. : The . time has now come when, as Attorney for ' the County, I am compelled (b fore close these Tax Sales Certificates by suit in the Superior Court I am now at work preparing complaints and the necessary papers in the different cases, and I am taking them as I come to them. ' In - many " instances : the costs will be much more than the taxes. There is much mojre work about foreclosing these certificates ' than the ordinary suit, and the cost , is greater. I (am waiting this - to urge persons who have outstanding -against them, Tax Sales Certificates to come at once and redeem ttem. Do not he flattered that when once the foreclosure is made that it will not be good. The purchaser under the foreclosure sale will get a good title. ' It is not a pleasant job to bring these . suits anijjrosecute them to sell your ; land, but it is the law, and unless you -pay as above stated, it will certainly be done. The time is limited in . iwhich to bring the suits, and I can not., delay longer. : If yon want to save a large eost, and save tne losing of your land, I most respectfully ap peal to everyone that this applies, to,' -to come forward at once and redeem -your land by taking up the Tax Sales Certificate V ; , ; . -' ' -7 - -: 5 ' '"Respectfully, ' r 'r.;.;2' V JOHN A.'Ei.-or.icss, -. --w 'County At! 3 -my. 5 1 ; 1 1 V )