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July 15. 1928.
Mr. EL.Iif Story, Editor , '
The N6ws-Recor,d, ,
Marahall NlCWV'" '
Dear Mr. Story: .
I do not ,want to appear critical or
. unkind of .ceriaoriouB, and fear that
the inclosed article will consign me
in the thougrhts-'of some of my breth
ren to somestich detestatole class.
I did not seek thit place on the board
of education, andI accepted with re
luctance but with a purpose to serve
my people to the best of my ability.
I have made mistakes so far, and will
make many more. I shall cooperate
heartily in every effort to promote
the efficiency of the schools of the
county and to maintain economy of
management, but I shall register a
protest against any action that seems
to me to be unfair to the taxpayers
of Madison County.
Cordially yours,
R. L. MOORE.
There are times when the lowest
bid even for the. same article shonld
not be accepted. Conditions might
give one ability to serve above that
of another. Mutual good will and
friendliness might be factors, not al
ways. When two. bids are close, a
local bidder might be chosen against
one whtf has no interest in the earn-,
munity even though he may be slight
ly above the other. Perhaps. ,
f'The following bids were pjaced be
fofe the Board of Education 'at its
raAoittififitintr. bids based on the
'"purchase $f ten trucks (chassis), with
f -eight Fords taken in exchange:
t feFord. Company,, Marshall f 5401.00.,
Chevrolet .Company, Spruce Pine
$5228.00
r Chevrolet Co., Marshall $5580.00.
There, is a difference, of $179.00 in
favor of the Ford Company over the
Marshall Chevrolet Company, and of
x $352.00 in favor of the Spruce. Pine
Chevrolet over the Marshall ChevroT
it hid. 'Does the Chevrolet have
this advantage over the.,, Ford, and is
tn Marshall Chevrolet more
Chevrolet more .vai-
Zip able. than the SprucehPine. CDnvro?
-. . Contract -wasfet
truCKS- ana lur bia wucwuww
. the Marshall Chevrolet Co.- -Very
satisfactory bids were received from
standard companies on furniture for
the Spring Jreek school, but action
was deferred. Many are wondering
rohy bids are asked for and what
guides in decisions.
Sincerely,
R. L. MOORE.
Work To Start On Mod
ern Airport Near
Asheville
Asheville, N. C, July 13. Devel
opment of the Asheville-Henderson-ville
Airport, to be located at the site
of the present landing field at Fletch
er, N. C. midway between Asheville
and Hendersonville, N. C. will begin
at an early date, according to an an
nouncement made by the Asheville
Chamber of Commerce. The field,
now owned by T. J. Roberts of
Asheville, will be leased by the Ashe
ville Chamber of Commerce for a pe
riod of five years and development of
the airport and its highway approach
es will be undertaken by the civic or
ganiaation in cooperation with t the
governmental agencies of Henderson
County, Hendersonville, Asnevius
and Buncombe County and the' as
sistance of the Hendersonville Cham
'ber of Commerce.
The decision to develop the land
ing field into a first class airport was
made following conferences in which
officials of the Asheville Chamber of
Commerce, the Chamber ? of Com
.jnerce pf Hendersonville and officials
Sfff the two cities ana counties peruc
r ipated. ' The new port wihch is ad
mirably fitted to fill the future avia
tion .needs of the- Western N. C.
territory consists of tract of about
114 acres which has been equipped
with one runway and a hangar.
Plans for the development of the
include the improvement of the pres
ent runway, installation of addition-
- al runways and drainage of the en
tire field. Proper markers and lights
are contemplated .as a part or ; tne
first imnrovements.
Expert aviation
fin,rs V11 ubl?u?wlfflu
a "villa to confer with the local officials
I as soon as the lease bt the landing
v field has been completed. . ; '
'p A growing tourist as .well as com
y ' mercial traffic, demand for an air
4 - V&ft' Bas influenced t the decision of
? the civic leaders in the two North
: ! Carolina ' municipalities - toJ establish
; the fieJd as a first class airport. Pas
f senger servica- 1st already-Jn- opera
tipa at-the present field and air mail
f ' it said to' be probable outcome, of
1 ' the new construction on the airport.
I ' Civic leaden who have sponsored
I v ttia'mftva toward an airport are John
1 : A.4Ooode iiresiden of , the. Ashevflle j
2. Chamber of . Commerce FrediL. J
f , Weae, manager 01 v ne
i - Chamber of Comjierce, Mayor Galla-
tin Roberts of AsheTille, Bruce Drys-
date. pment of .-the Hendersonville
4 - Chamber of Commerce and Noah
I Hollowell, Manager of the Htnder-
eon ville Chamber of Commerce. -
ThhMakv'JrbnV'a
eville
.... nt fho that Mr.
J. G.
Cfitroartpr of the 'StateV'Hlghway
Commission, has put up $25,000 of
the State money to be spent in im
proving the road from Mars Hill to
the Tennessee line and the' road from
Marshall via Sandy. Mush' to Spring
Creek. This seems to be good news.
Following is an account of this
matter from the Asheville .Citizen:
RALEIGH, July 7. Comimiss-ion-er
J. G. Stikeleather'todtoyvset up a
fund of $25,000 for the purpose of
improving two roads in Madison
county which have recently been add
ed to the State Highway System. The
roads are the one from Mars Hill to
u TAnnaaoDa linp ATiif the' one from
Marshall by way of iindy ?Mush to
Spring Creek. iff;
SEA NOT LEVEly
The average levitA! tkie sea
was formerly mpptnfi to hp uni
form, even dowrf tS fraction
of an inch, and it wai taken' a
the standard of Uvelnest for jhe
entire earth. -. . This ' tandard i
not threatened it, hk"
ly that cienliS Ul ifiad any
thing more niforml tnan; "Sea
level" for that piirpe; but Prof.
Douglas Johaaon-ef ..Columbia V
Iveriity, in a .report oti the Na
tional Researcli Council, reports
that differences of a much as an
inch or two have been" found in
the level of the sea. These dif
ferences are supposed to be due
to the contours of coasts.' ' '
The Pathfinder.
CATHOLIC
CASE . DISMISSED
ftf5fi-
rHOLIC
snPTFTV AT HOT SPRINUSS IJN
THE U. S. DISTRICT' COURT AT
ASHEVILLE TO RESTRAIN THE
TAX COLLECTOR OF ., MADISON
COUNTY , F R O M COLLECTING
THE TAX DUE THE COUNTY FOR
1928, AMOUNTING TO ABOUT
$2400.00, DISMISSED.
The case of the Catholic Society
of Hot Springs, brought in the Fed
eral Court at Asheville, to restrain
the County of Madison from collect
ing the 1928 taxes, amounting to a
bout $2400.00, and also the case by
the same parties to restrain Hot
Springs from collecting the City
Taxes, we are informed came up for
trial before Judge E. Y. Webb, of
the Federal Court, last week.
Judge Frank Carter represented
the Catholic Society. Mr. John A.
Hendricks represented Madison
County. It was agreed that the Hot
Springs case would abide - the decis
ion of the court the case against
Madison County. . Mr. Hendricks fil
ed a motion to dismiss the case in
the Federal Court, for the want of
jurisdiction. The plaintiff, the Cath
olic Society, also al)eged that the
said Society was. damaged, or would
be damaged by easting a eland upon
the title of its property. After .full
argument in the case on both sides,
Judge Webb fulljr considered the
matter, allowed the' motion and dis
missed the case. It is not known at
this time whether ' the ' plaintiff , the
Catholic Society will ' take further
steps to restrain the collection, of the
said taxes. The plaintiff gave notice
of appeal to the U. S.' CirCuft Court
of Appeals, and it will not be known
for some time whether or not the
plaintiff - wilt perfect- ita appeat It
is thought, however, that the plaintiff
will not carry up the case.
The grounds for enjoining the col
lection of taxes, is that the plaintiff
is a religious and charitable organi
sation, and that its property is non
taxable under the Constitution and
laws of North Carolina.
This is a very important matter
for the County of Madison as well
as the Town of Hot Springs, for the
reason if the injunction- to' restrain
the collection of taxes was maintain
ed, it would not mean this year on-
W Probably all tint .ttt'eome.
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BASEBALL; IN MARSHALL
SATURDAY
A double-header baseball game is
scheduled to L be , In Marshall next
Saturday evening, f uly 20 beginning
about two o'clock The games 'will
rte between Marshall and Pisgah For-
I . . .. k . M ' -!.- t J ' T
SI,. HSOV UK'S, Tii. V
is . hoped these game, will", have , a
large attendance. . V .'vn;
Cf acary- Man Shot On
Sheriff Ramsey, was gone to Sandy
Mush Thursday morning In . the in
terest of a case reported over there,
in which Lawrence Hunts inger had
shot a man from Craggy.
Mieviue
Aunt Marv oarts her silver hai
Just so and you'd remembers too
The little thlnHs her hands, wW do
And how she rocks her rocking chair.
But we all know Aunt Mary by ;
Her smiles so innocent and jiweet,
By dear embraces when we fneet
And love's warm twinkle in her eye.
Aunt Mary's children not her dwn
By birth, but just by mothif g -Rejoice
when happy fortunes bring
Reunions how the years have own!
Our boys and girls, all nearly ftrpwn,
Make us feel old, and we enfoy
Aunt Mary'3 saying, "You're jny
More, being young to her alone.
if
T ..II A... MuriFC .vofinvkaM.
To dear old mother souls who burn
Love's candle for our safe return,
Who say at evenings a prayer
For us, may God in gentleness r
Give jeweled thoughts each passing
That their loved spirits may
Enjoying their earned happi
WMtorn Newipaper Union. 198
Boating on the
HOSPITAL PA
TIENTS NEXT.
WEEK
We promised to give our readers a
list of the children who had tonsil
and adenoid operations last week,
but we are sorry to say the list has
not yet been submitted to us. As
soon as we can get the list we will
publish it.
THE EDITOR.
AT CAMP SKY-HY
Following is a list of the persons
at Camp Sky-Hy this year:
Dr. T. E. Simpson, Director-Darlington,
S. C. .
Mrs. T. E. Simpson-Darlington, S. C.
Mr. William Simpson Darlington,
S. C.
Miss Lurline McCullough Darling
ton, S. C.
Miss Betty Douglas, Darlington, S. C.
Miss Mae Albergotti, Orangeburg,
iiSrC. jTrr f TenhVi'Mrs. MarfhefAtchley of Jeffr
Miss Berte Wil iams, Congaree. S. C-gon Tenn- Mrs." Rena King, of
Miss Rachel Miller, Harts ville, S. C,
Miss Righton Richards, Liberty Hill,
S. C.
Liza McNulty, Columbia, S. C.
Mr. Larkin Jennings, Columbia, S. C.
Ellen Coker, Bennettsville, S. C.
Caroline Rogers, Bennettsville, S. C.
Daisy Law, Darlington, S. C.
Emmie Blackman Darlington, S. C.
Florence Simpson, Darlington, S. C.
Mary Donald, Society Hill, S. C.
Margaret Ross, Society Hill, S. C.
Helen Bell, Columbia S. C.
Pamela Burney, Columbia, S. C
Lisa McNulty, Columbia, S. C.
Bessie Heyward,' "Columbia, S. C
Kitty Foster, Columbia, S. C. .
Margaret Thompson, Columbia, S. C.
Lanra O'Neal, Rock HilL S. C. .
Louise McDonald, Harteville, S. C.
Elsie Miller, Hartsville, S. C.
Valerie Chapman, Hartsville, S. C.
Nancy Womble, Orangelbarg, S. C
Agnes Watson,-Orangeburg,. S. C
Elisabeth Watson, Orangeburg, S. C
Genevieve Reynolds, Lamar, S- C. ,
Dolly MUling, Clinton, S. C. O
Eleanor BisaelL Goldeboro, N.'Ci
Margaret Jenrette, Conway, S. C. r
Kithleen kBrown, Spartanburg, S C
Margaret' WigHn v Hartsville, S, (V
Selma Stein,, Darlington, S. C ,f
Louise Edwards. Brunswick, Ga, t ,v
Julia Mcpherson, Brunswick, Ga. '
Margaret JfdPhersoa, Brunswick, Ga.
Bettv Lee Morton. Brunswick, Ga. .
Stella Morton, Brunawicky Ga. ; ' I
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French Broad
'MRS. STACEY BROWN
PASSES AWAY
Mrs. Stacey E. Brown, who has
been making her home recently with
her daughter, Mrs. Lottie Coward at
the Montezuma Hotel, died Wednes
day afternoon about 6:30 o'clock af
ter weeks of intense suffering from
cancer. About the first of June she
underwent an operation at the Mar
shall hospital at which time one of
her kidneys was removed. For a
while she seemed to improve, but
later her condition grew worse. Her
son from Detroit has been here sev
eral weeks expecting the end at any
time. Funeral services will be from
the hotel Friday morning at ten o'
clock conducted by JRev. H. L. Smith,
pastor of the Marshall Baptist church
and interment will be near the old
home place on Spring Creek, the
procession leaving Marshall about e
leven o'clock Friday morning. Mrs.
Brown leaves three sons and four,
daughters as follows: Isaac Brown
and Dewey Brown of Spring Creek,
Mrs. Eulala Gillespie of Bluff, Mrs.
Sallie Coward, of Spring Creek, Mrs.
Lottie Coward of Marshall, and Mrs.
Minnie Morris of Biltmore. She al-1
so is survived by two brothers and,
three sisters as follows: Dr. John F,
Massey, of Atlantic City, Neir Jer- j
sey, Mr. r ate Massey, of Knoxvule,
Knoxville, Tenn., and Mrs. Laura
Cannatser, of Clinton, Ala. .
Employer to new stenographer '
"Young lady, I want you to take
down every word I say. I'm tired Of
having stenographers who change my
letters understand?" . v;
Stenog "Yfes, sir."
Two days later the president of a
very prominent company received
this letter: ' V
Kansas City, Md.
Don't know date look it up.
Mr. Lors H. Dunoway (Don't know
how to spell it) vv
Chicago (Is Chicago in Illinois?) , '
Dear Sir (He'a a fool but I can't in
sult him like that or will lose trade)
That last shipment of soap you sent
k not worth a Young ladv, please
pull down your dress No, -don't tell
him tht fill in that space I Will
request that you ship the original
soap to us He ought to have known
this, the bald-headed skunk I'd like
to knock his' front teeth out nice
ankles you have. ' Where was I? v. I
appreciate your promptness In filling
our-last orders-took him two weeks
he's too alow to catch cold pret
ty hair and eyes. Don't come around
this plant any time soon no corns
down and look over our new stock
(Hope he won't come). 1 - .,
; ' ; Yours, etevJ -
A , . Thank goodness, that's over.
'Camp Sky-Hy is a live organiza
tion. One among their many activ
ities while at Marshall is publishing
I a paper, which they call 1 ne any
Rocket. This paper is printed tor
these young guests of Marshall by
the' News-Record printing plant. The
first copy this season came out Mon
day of this week, and is quite a cred
itable .number. The first pa?e gives
WcMtM the Camp facing the river,
o eht campus of Camp Sky-Hy."
Several of the business firms at
Matvhall carry ad.s in it and the sub
ject matter consists of camp activi
ties, .lokee. poems, and so forth. Tne
Tstaff is as follows: Ed tor-in-chief
fGefteaye Reynolds; Associate Kd:
Itors Ellen Coker, and Louise. Ed
MwMdsr -Athletic Editor Helen Bell;
VJfltfe Editor Liza McNulty; News-
jioVs Emmie iJlackman, oesMc
ward, Margaret Thompson; Business
Manager Laura O'Neal; Assistant
Business Manager Elsie Miller.
POISON IN IVY
Botanists know several
kinds
wide
of poison-ivy plants and
varietv of local names.
uch as
noison oak, three-leaved ivy,
poi
son creeper, oameai poi.viw
moxkweed, picry, and mercury.
The poison oak .of the Western
state is also called poison ivy.
These plants, and their close rel
ative poison sumac, are similar in
their poisonous properties.
"Their poisonous principle,'
.v the Denartment of Agricul
ture, "i a non-volatile oily sub-
ltanceinbwn as toxicodendrol
which has such violently irritant
properties that the slightest trace
deposited on the skin is capable of
producing severe inflammation.
All parte of the plant contain the
poieonv but growth in which the
sap U" abundant is the most dan
gerous.'! All these toxicodendrol
beafing plants, with the exception
off poison sumac, are three-lea v
dAand all have white fruits. The
red-ber'ried sumacs are harmless.
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From DEW DROP
Let's go to Paint Creek! That is a
common saying around here lately,
so"M. A. Gentry and Van Thomas,
deputy sheriff's of Madison Co., and
Tilnion Gosnell, enforcement officer
left on Sunday evening July 15 to
go ... to Paint Creek. UUpon arriving
at the State line where they were
met. by deputy sheriff Jim Collins of
Greene County, Tenn., and an aide
of his, with information they had
they attacked Paint Creek from the
back door, through the mountains
from the head of Little Laurel, com
ing, in to Paint Creek about three
miles up from the State road No. 70,
and after crossing the creek and turn
ing to the left from Hattie Cutshall's
house they walked about two hun
dred yards and captured a complete
copper still holding about 75 gallons,
destroying some 24 boxes and barrels
of beer and about fifteen hundred
pounds of sugar with 70 half gallon
cans of- whiskey.
HI! CAMP SKY-HY
Of all the camps I've ever seen
r, Sky-Hy is the best.
.Everybody 'round will say,
Tis better than the rest.
Of all the fun and laughs and smiles,
Sky-Hy has the most.
Everything is mighty fine,
J Of this we all can boast M.T.
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A'4am1 h $9 fin Aarkfnr
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.absolutely free for one year a subscription '
to. the Sunday edition of theMorristown, ,
XTennu. Daner. Act at once if you are to
Ibe one of the 20. This offer holds good
f 6t either new subscribers or renewals, but
it will apply only to those" who mention,
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Marshall;; n.r.G.:
BY HIS WIFE
JUNE MARRIAGE CULMINATES
IN TRAGEDY
Corporal Chandley of the Shelton
T.oiirol oBPtinn ia in i ail and a search
is being made for Flossie Shelton of
the same secton wanted for the
shooting of her husband, Fred Shel
ton, about hve o ciock luesuay i
ternoon of this weeK. i,nanuiey is
said to have had the gun that did the
shooting, but it seems that the Shel
ton woman in some way got hold of
the pistol and did the shooting. The
story goes that Flossie Shelton was
jealous of another woman, wun wnom
her husband was going betore tney
were married. On this occasion tne
party had been drinking and all were
said to be drunk. It is said that
Flossie Shelton shot at the feet of -
the other woman and accidentally nic
her husband, the bullet taking effect
through the skull. The report was
that he could not live, though he.
was not dead, at the time.
According to the records of Mad
ison County, these two people were
married June 22nd of this year, less
than a month ago, one being 21 and
the other 22. It was said that the
woman was not so much evading of
ficers as she was the people of the
husband's family. Deputy George
Rector arrested Chandley and
brought him to Marshall.
A later report from over there
Thursday was to the effect that Fred
Shelton had been taken to a hospital
in Greeneville. Tenn.. and while he
had a chance at recovery, he would
never talk again, and one side would
be paralyzed.
YOUTH AT THE
WHEEL ,,;.i;;v
Despite the vigilance of V police,
many youngsters just entering theif
teens can be seen operating 'automo
biles in city streets, it Is one .X the
most dangerous practices this ,lnoto
ing age can permit. , ; !
fjJsflt4ft or 12'an-teasSac-"-:.
compliihed a driver as many-an adult,
yet when the emergency -comes the
inexperience of his youth 'may tell
Many a child has Been seen hi the
wheel of an automobile hardly able
to reach the pedals and obviously
powerless to grip the wheel or apply .
the brakes witK sufficient force to
avoid an accident. And ,' many a
complacent parent has been noticed '
seated beside such younsters, unaware
of the danger that faces them, not to
mention others on the street.
Most often, it has been noted, the
child' may be seen driving an old us-
ed car.' The operations of such an
automobile requires greater skill and
force than does that of a new car
for , its steering gear may be loose
and its brakes worn. No child can
cope with such defects as equally as
an adult.
Yet.children will go on making the
streets dangerous for pedestrians and 1
other motorists as long as their par
ents permit them to drive. Sixteen
years is the usual age minimum1 for
drivers, and even this is too young f
in many cases, for youths seem to
lose their sense of judgment and .
perspective when a little power is
afforded them. :?
The power behind the wheel of an
automobile is too much for many an '
adult, let alone a child. .
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